Employment polarisation in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue 255, 2005, Pages 336-350

  Dawkins, Peter ^a   Gregg, Paul ^b   Scutella, Rosanna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Brotherhood of St Laurence   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745279605     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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