Institutional development of sickness cash-benefit programmes in 18 OECD countries

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-203

  Kangas, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Convergence; Institutional inertia; Social policy

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; OECD; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1842587841     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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