Employability trajectories among new claimants of incapacity benefit

Policy Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-221

  Kemp, Peter A ^a   Davidson, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Employment and Support Allowance; Incapacity benefits; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951217656     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870903429637     Document Type: Article

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