The middle class and the Swedish welfare state: How not to measure redistribution

Independent Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-546

  Bergh, Andreas ^a  

^a Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE; HIGHER EDUCATION; WELFARE PROVISION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247473391     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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