Male worklessness and the rise of lone parenthood in Great Britain

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-88

  Rowthorn, Robert ^a   Webster, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family structure; Female headed families; Lone motherhood; Lone parents parenthood; Unemployment; Worklessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449574405     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsm004     Document Type: Review

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