The United States: Different sources of precariousness in a mosaic of employment arrangements

Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-59

  Carré, Françoise ^a   Heintz, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84917427607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874424     Document Type: Chapter

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