The effect of temporary employment on asset accumulation processes

Work and Occupations

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-222

  McGrath, Donald M ^a,c   Keister, Lisa A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset accumulation; Nonstandard employment; Temporary employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449118522     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888407312275     Document Type: Article

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