Reconciling workless measures at the individual and household level. Theory and evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-167

  Gregg, Paul ^a   Scutella, Rosanna ^b   Wadsworth, Jonathan ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inequality; Polarisation; Workless households

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549094263     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0215-6     Document Type: Article

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