The Consequences of Underemployment for the Underemployed

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-275

  Wilkins, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

labour supply; underemployment; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990358826     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185607074921     Document Type: Article

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