Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy.

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Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy. / Grover, Chris G.
In: Critical Social Policy, Vol. 25, No. 1, 01.02.2005, p. 5-27.

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Grover, CG 2005, 'Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy.', Critical Social Policy, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 5-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018305048965

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Grover, C. G. (2005). Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy. Critical Social Policy, 25(1), 5-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018305048965

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Grover CG. Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy. Critical Social Policy. 2005 Feb 1;25(1):5-27. doi: 10.1177/0261018305048965

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Grover, Chris G. / Living wages and the 'making work pay' strategy. In: Critical Social Policy. 2005 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 5-27.

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