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The Changing Quality of Nonstandard Work Arrangements: Does Skill Matter?

Cathy Yang Liu, Luísa Nazareno
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2019, 5 (4) 104-128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.04
Cathy Yang Liu
aProfessor of public policy at Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
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