Welfare participation and welfare dependence among the unemployed
β Scribed by Maria Melkersson; Jan Saarela
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 353 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0933-1433
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