Emigration from the scandinavian welfare states

Alternatives for Welfare Policy: Coping with Internationalisation and Demographic Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 76-104

  Pedersen, Peder J ^a   Røed, Marianne ^b   Schröder, Lena ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE

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EID: 33847773748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493508.005     Document Type: Chapter

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