Working-time configurations: A framework for analyzing diversity across countries

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 805-837

  Berg, Peter ^a   Bosch, Gerhard ^b   Charest, Jean ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

International comparisons; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921520796     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0019793914537452     Document Type: Article

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