UK unemployment in the great recession

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bell, David N F ^a   Blanchflower, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Unemployment; youth unemployment and unhappiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551662072     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950110389755     Document Type: Article

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