Labour underutilisation and gender: Unemployment versus hidden-unemployment

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-248

  Baum, Scott ^a   Mitchell, William F ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employability; Hidden unemployment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

GENDER; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952670810     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9137-6     Document Type: Article

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