'I just want a job' - what do we really know about young people in jobs without training?

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-333

  Maguire, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Labour market; NEET; Transition; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951656813     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260903447551     Document Type: Article

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