Acknowledgements
This work is the result of research carried out by the author during her 6-month
stay (from October 2008 to March 2009) as a guest researcher at the Amsterdam
Institute of Advanced labour Studies (AIAS) —University of Amsterdam, on sab-
batical leave from the Institute of Social Policy, National Centre for Social Research, Athens.
I would like to extend a big thank you to all my colleagues and staff at AIAS for contributing to a
most stimulating intellectual environment and friendly atmosphere that have made my stay here such
a fruitful and enjoyable experience.
Special thanks are due to Jelle Visser and Wiemer Salverda, Scientific Director and Managing Director
of AIAS respectively, Alexandre Afonso, Heejung Chung, Hester Houwing, Monika-Ewa Kaminska,
and Kea Tijdens, for their valuable academic input and insights
November 2009
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