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Declining Job Quality in the United States: Explanations and Evidence
David R. Howell, Arne L. Kalleberg
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2019, 5 (4) 1-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.01
David R. Howell
aProfessor of economics and public policy at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the New School
Arne L. Kalleberg
bKenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Declining Job Quality in the United States: Explanations and Evidence
David R. Howell, Arne L. Kalleberg
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2019, 5 (4) 1-53; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.01
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