Accumulation of employment instability among partners-evidence from six EU countries

European Sociological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 627-639

  Grotti, Raffaele ^a   Scherer, Stefani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 84931364052     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcu063     Document Type: Article

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