Liberalising trends in welfare reform: Inside the Dutch miracle

Policy and Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-32

  Cox, Robert Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pension reform; Private savings; The Netherlands; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

LIBERALIZATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0034050224     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573002500802     Document Type: Article

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