Unemployment and Inactivity

The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gregg, Paul ^a   Wadsworth, Jonathan ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CEP CREAM ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic downturn; Economic inactivity; Labour market policy; Long term unemployment; National minimum wage and working tax credit; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938635127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587377.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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