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The Same but Different: Regulating Zero Hours Work in Two Liberal Market Economies

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2019-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
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Published on: Dec 30, 2019
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