Flexibility or polarization? Temporary employment and job tasks in Spain

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-258

  Polavieja, Javier G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Occupational classes; Segmentation; Spain; Temporary employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644368226     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwi010     Document Type: Article

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