The Politics of Job Quality: A Case Study of Weatherization

Work and Occupations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-426

  Osterman, Paul ^a   Chimienti, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

low wages; public policy; weatherization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868013337     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888412455155     Document Type: Article

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