Work to welfare : how men become detached from the labour market / Pete Alcock [and others].
During the last twenty years vast numbers of working age men have moved completely out of the labor market into "early retirement" or "long-term sickness" and to take on new household roles. These trends contrast greatly to rising labor market participation among women. Based on...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2003]
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | During the last twenty years vast numbers of working age men have moved completely out of the labor market into "early retirement" or "long-term sickness" and to take on new household roles. These trends contrast greatly to rising labor market participation among women. Based on research in the U.K. presented in an international perspective, this book offers a detailed exploration of the varied circumstances "detached men" are living in and challenges assumptions about the true state of the labor market. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511057164 9780511057168 0511063490 9780511063497 0511071957 9780511071959 0511176961 9780511176968 0511488955 9780511488955 0521002869 9780521002868 1139147153 9781139147156 1280418273 9781280418273 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511488955 |