Into contingent and alternative employment; by choice? (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Oct. 1996

Into contingent and alternative employment; by choice?

Anne E. Polivka
Research Economist, Office of Employment Research and Program Development, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Workers enter contingent and alternative arrangements from many different activities and for a wide variety of reasons. While some workers are involuntarily in such arrangements, as a proportion of the employed, they are relatively few. This article examines the reasons why workers would enter into contingent or alternative employment arrangements.

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