Low-wage work in the United Kingdom: Employment practices, institutional effects, and policy responses

Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom

Volumn 9781610443647, Issue , 2008, Pages 284-326

  Grimshaw, Damian ^a   Lloyd, Caroline ^b,c   Warhurst, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Economic and Social Research Council Centre on Skills   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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