Lone parents and activation - towards a typology of approaches

Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-133

  Haux, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activation; lone parents; OECD; United Kingdom; welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889565478     PISSN: 21699763     EISSN: 21699763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21699763.2013.818566     Document Type: Article

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