In-work poverty in times of COVID-19

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In-work poverty in times of COVID-19. / Bekker, Sonja; Bürkert, Johanna Sophie; Quirijns, Quirine; Pop, Ioana.

The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. ed. / Emile Aarts; Hein Fleuren; Margriet Sitskoorn; Ton Wilthagen. Springer, 2021. p. 35-40.

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Harvard

Bekker, S, Bürkert, JS, Quirijns, Q & Pop, I 2021, In-work poverty in times of COVID-19. in E Aarts, H Fleuren, M Sitskoorn & T Wilthagen (eds), The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. Springer, pp. 35-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_5

APA

Bekker, S., Bürkert, J. S., Quirijns, Q., & Pop, I. (2021). In-work poverty in times of COVID-19. In E. Aarts, H. Fleuren, M. Sitskoorn, & T. Wilthagen (Eds.), The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society (pp. 35-40). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_5

Vancouver

Bekker S, Bürkert JS, Quirijns Q, Pop I. In-work poverty in times of COVID-19. In Aarts E, Fleuren H, Sitskoorn M, Wilthagen T, editors, The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. Springer. 2021. p. 35-40 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_5

Author

Bekker, Sonja ; Bürkert, Johanna Sophie ; Quirijns, Quirine ; Pop, Ioana. / In-work poverty in times of COVID-19. The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. editor / Emile Aarts ; Hein Fleuren ; Margriet Sitskoorn ; Ton Wilthagen. Springer, 2021. pp. 35-40

Bibtex

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