The advantages and disadvantages of the contribution base in targeting benefits: A social analysis of the insurance scheme in the United Kingdom

International Social Security Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-49

  Alcock, Pete ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006768973     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1996.tb00454.x     Document Type: Article

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