Social class and the risk of unemployment: Trends, gender differences and the contribution of education.
Previous research has shown that an advantaged social class position protects individuals from unemployment, but less is known about how this relationship has developed after the turn of the millennium, how it varies by gender and to what extent education contributes to the association between these...
| Publicado en: | Acta Sociologica (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 303 - 322 |
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Aug2020
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