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Precarious Work Schedules as a Source of Economic Insecurity and Institutional Distrust

Susan J. Lambert, Julia R. Henly, Jaeseung Kim
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2019, 5 (4) 218-257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.08
Susan J. Lambert
aAssociate professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
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bProfessor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
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Jaeseung Kim
cAssistant professor in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina
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