The rise in inactivity among adult men

The Labour Market Under New Labour: The State of Working Britain 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 40-52

  Faggio, Giulia ^a   Nickell, Stephen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84987826511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230598454_4     Document Type: Chapter

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