On the definition of involuntary unemployment

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 718-735

  Sawyer, Malcolm ^a   Spencer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand for labour; Involuntary unemployment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249122395     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.049     Document Type: Article

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