Local Literature About Contractualization

Employment Security: Conceptual and Statistical Issues

By Sukti Dasgupta*

International Labour Office, Geneva April 2001

* Sukti Dasgupta is a Research Economist in the InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security, at the
ILO. For more information on the InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security, please see the related web page http://www.ilo.org/ses or contact the Secretariat at Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone] or E-mail: [e-mail]

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