Multi-dimensional poverty in Australia and the barriers ill health imposes on the employment of the disadvantaged

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 736-742

  Callander, Emily Joy ^a   Schofield, Deborah J ^a   Shrestha, Rupendra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capability; Education; Health; Income; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053347073     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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