Child Poverty in Britain: Did Work Work?

The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dickens, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Conservatives; Household income; Labour market participation; Labour reforms; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055120881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587377.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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