Fixed-term contracts - The new European inequality? Comparing men and women in West Germany and France

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-496

  Gash, Vanessa ^a   McGinnity, Frances ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contracts; France; Gender inequality; Germany; Labor markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547889080     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl020     Document Type: Article

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