Does unemployment lead to greater alcohol consumption?

Industrial Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 444-466

  Popovici, Ioana ^a   French, Michael T ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRINKING; ECONOMIC POLICY; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84875549633     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irel.12019     Document Type: Article

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