Labour market flexibility and inequality: the changing risk patterns of temporary employment in West Germany;Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung und Ungleichheit: Der Wandel der Risikomuster befristeter Beschäftigung in Westdeutschland

Zeitschrift fur Arbeitsmarktforschung

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-251

  Gebel, Michael ^a   Giesecke, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84975297716     PISSN: 18678343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12651-009-0018-6     Document Type: Article

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