Pathways from casual employment to economic security: The Australian experience

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-178

  Burgess, John ^a   Campbell, Iain ^b   May, Robyn ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Casual employment; Contingent labour; Employment insecurity; Labour regulation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; LABOR POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 46749128872     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9212-5     Document Type: Article

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