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ARTICLES

Scheduling challenges among workers in low-wage hourly jobs: similarities and differences among workers in standard- and nonstandard-hour jobs

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Pages 409-435 | Received 10 Mar 2013, Accepted 08 May 2014, Published online: 30 Jul 2014

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