How redundancies worsen social inequality

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages 57-84

  Jones, Bryn ^a   Nisbet, Peter ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographics; Labour market; Recruitment; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993037388     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443339910788893     Document Type: Review

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