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Youth unemployment and the effect of personality traits. / Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian.
Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2015, No. 12).

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Mendolia, S & Walker, I 2015 'Youth unemployment and the effect of personality traits' Economics Working Paper Series, no. 12, vol. 2015, Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Mendolia, S., & Walker, I. (2015). Youth unemployment and the effect of personality traits. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2015, No. 12). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Mendolia S, Walker I. Youth unemployment and the effect of personality traits. Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; 12).

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Mendolia, Silvia ; Walker, Ian. / Youth unemployment and the effect of personality traits. Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2015. (Economics Working Paper Series; 12).

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