The challenge of youth unemployment

International Social Security Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 63-93

  O’higgins, Niall ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84857832063     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1997.tb01084.x     Document Type: Article

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