Jobless, Friendless and Broke: What Happens to Different Areas of Life Before and After Unemployment?

Economica

Volumn 79, Issue 315, 2012, Pages 557-575

  Powdthavee, Nattavudh ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84862747555     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2011.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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