Falling incapacity benefit claims in a former industrial city: Policy impacts or labour market improvement?

Policy Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-185

  Webster, David ^a,b   Arnott, James ^b   Brown, Judith ^a   Turok, Ivan ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a   Macdonald, Ewan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deindustrialisation; Disguised unemployment; Glasgow; Incapacity Benefit; Labour market statistics; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951234055     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870903429611     Document Type: Article

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