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Immigrant workers and temporary work: a front united?
07 February 2008
Marc De Vos reflects on the recent improvement of the jobless rate for young immigrants in Flanders and connects it to the proposal to restrict the duration of temporary work. He defends temporary work limitations but warns that less temporary work also means less work opportunities for the weakest groups as long as the regular labour market stays rigid.
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