Inequalities in use of the internet for job search: Similarities and contrasts by economic status in Great Britain

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2344-2358

  Green, Anne E ^a   Li, Yuxin ^a   Owen, David ^a   de Hoyos, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Economic status; Inequalities; Internet; Job search; Unemployed

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; INTERNET; JOB SEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868033317     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a452     Document Type: Article

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