The modern welfare state: Problems and suggested reforms

Empirica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-226

  Snower, Dennis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution of income; International trade; Organizational restructuring; Pensions; Social insurance; Technological change; Unemployment benefit systems; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET FAILURE; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE STATE;

EID: 0030417432     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00924970     Document Type: Article

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