Low-wage work in high-income countries: Labor-market institutions and business strategy in the US and Europe

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1907-1934

  Appelbaum, Eileen ^a   Schmitt, John ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining systems; Labour market institutions; Liberal and coordinated market economies; Low wage work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350523792     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709349200     Document Type: Review

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