Understanding the benefits/wages connection: financial literacy for citizenship in a risk society

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-77

  Bond, Meg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990348678     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2000.11661421     Document Type: Article

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