Politics within paths: Trajectories of Danish and Swedish earnings-related pensions

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-258

  Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^a   Lindbom, Anders ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Funding; Path dependence; Pay as you go; Pension reform; Scandinavian politics

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARTY POLITICS; PENSION SYSTEM; POLITICS; REFORM PROCESS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746060483     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928706065595     Document Type: Article

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