Low pay, labor market institutions, and job quality in the United Kingdom

Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom

Volumn 9781610443647, Issue , 2008, Pages 41-95

  Mason, Geoff ^a   Mayhew, Ken ^b,c   Osborne, Matthew ^a   Stevens, Philip ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SKOPE ^*  (United States)

^d Ministry of Economic Development   (New Zealand)

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