Labour standards and migration in the New Europe: Post-communist legacies and perspectives

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-218

  Woolfson, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour migration; Labour standards; Latvia; New Member States; Post communism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250348420     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107078253     Document Type: Article

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