Measuring Employment Arrangements in the European Labour Force: A Typological Approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 771-791

  Van Aerden, Karen ^a   Moors, Guy ^b   Levecque, Katia ^c,d   Vanroelen, Christophe ^a,d,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employment conditions; Employment quality; Employment relations; Job quality; Quality of work

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TYPOLOGY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84897582686     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0312-0     Document Type: Article

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