Accident risk, gender, family status and occupational choice in the UK

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 938-957

  Grazier, S ^a   Sloane, P J ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Family status; Gender segregation; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949120643     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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