Conditions of social vulnerability, work and low income: Evidence for Europe in comparative perspective

Institutions for Social Well Being: Alternatives for Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-73

  Munzi, Teresa ^a   Smeeding, Timothy M ^b  

^a LIS ^*  (Luxembourg)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84998567556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230584358     Document Type: Chapter

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