Economic vulnerability and severity of debt problems: An analysis of the Irish EU-SILC 2008

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 695-706

  Russell, Helen ^a   Whelan, Christopher T ^b   Maître, Bertrand ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84882322873     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs048     Document Type: Article

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