Measuring Flexicurity: Precautionary Notes, a New Framework, and an Empirical Example

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-171

  Chung, Heejung ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical framework; Efforts state and effects; Flexibility; Flexicurity; Indicator research; Security

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84856405225     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9800-2     Document Type: Article

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