Social risk and social insurance: Political demand for unemployment insurance

Rationality and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-254

  Kim, Wonik ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Social insurance; Social risk; Unemployment insurance; Unemployment risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249014949     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463107077388     Document Type: Article

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