Losing a job: The nonpecuniary cost of unemployment in the United States

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 609-634

  Young, Cristobal ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873117287     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos071     Document Type: Article

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