Identifying Resilient and Non-Resilient Labour Conditions in Europe Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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[60] S. Martínez-Molina is supported by a pre-doctoral FPU fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Education (FPU13/05424). Thanks to Estrella Durá for her constructive comments, and to Polibienestar Research Institute (University of Valencia) and the Spanish Ministry of Education for their support. Search in Google Scholar