Work and pay in flexible and regulated labor markets: A generalized perspective on institutional evolution and inequality trends in Europe and the U.S.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-332

  DiPrete, Thomas A ^a   Goux, Dominique ^b   Maurin, Eric ^c   Quesnel Vallee, Amelie ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b French Ministry of Labor   (France)

^c ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingent jobs; Unemployment; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750372646     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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