Good Job, Good Life? Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Europe

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-225

  Drobnič, Sonja ^a   Beham, Barbara ^b   Präg, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Europe; Job quality; Life satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EASTERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 77957662953     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9586-7     Document Type: Article

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