Reasons for part-time work: An empirical analysis for Germany and the Netherlands

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 557-570

  Allaart, Piet ^a   Bellmann, Lutz ^b  

^a OSA   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demand; Germany; Labour; Part time workers; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748960528     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710830052     Document Type: Article

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