Employment inequalities through busts and booms: The changing roles of health and education in Norway 1980-2005

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-370

  van der Wel, Kjetil A ^a   Dahl, Espen ^a   Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

employment; health and labour market exclusion; postindustrial society; recession; social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650287827     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699310380063     Document Type: Article

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