Changing Youth Labour Markets, Welfare Institutions and Young People's Control over Working Time

Time & Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-230

  Harsløf, Ivan ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

active labour market policies; control over working time; social chronotopy; temporary employment; unemployment compensation for young people; youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547905402     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X07080268     Document Type: Article

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