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Pushing the envelope: the `informalization' of labour in post-communist new EU member states

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  • Charles Woolfson

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  • Charles Woolfson, 2007. "Pushing the envelope: the `informalization' of labour in post-communist new EU member states," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 21(3), pages 551-564, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:21:y:2007:i:3:p:551-564
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017007080016
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