Working but Poor? Low Pay and Poverty in Australia

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 308-338

  Eardley, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84993824967     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530460001100210     Document Type: Article

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