Lack of employment: the threat to numeracy

Education + Training

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 359-366

  Parsons, Samantha ^a   Johnbynner, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082589     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400919910298620     Document Type: Review

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3. Bynner, J. and Parsons, S. (1997a), It Doesn't Get Any Better, Basic Skills Agency, London.
4. Bynner, J. and Parsons, S. (1997b), Does Numeracy Matter?, Basic Skills Agency, London.
5. Bynner, J. and Parsons, S. (1998), Use It or Lose It, Basic Skills Agency, London.
6. Bynner, J., Morphy, L. and Parsons, S. (1997), “Women, employment and skills”, in Metcalf, H. (Ed.), Half Our Future, Policy Studies Institute, London, pp. 66-97.
7. Parsons, S. and Bynner, J. (1998), Influences on Adult Basic Skills, Basic Skills Agency, London.