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From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’?: a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015

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From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’? a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015. / Grover, Christopher Geoffrey.
In: Critical Social Policy, Vol. 36, No. 4, 11.2016, p. 693-703.

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Grover, CG 2016, 'From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’? a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015', Critical Social Policy, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 693-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018316650193

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Grover, C. G. (2016). From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’? a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015. Critical Social Policy, 36(4), 693-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018316650193

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Grover CG. From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’? a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015. Critical Social Policy. 2016 Nov;36(4):693-703. Epub 2016 Jun 5. doi: 10.1177/0261018316650193

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Grover, Christopher Geoffrey. / From wage supplements to a ‘living wage’? a commentary on the problems of predistribution in Britain’s summer budget of 2015. In: Critical Social Policy. 2016 ; Vol. 36, No. 4. pp. 693-703.

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