Convergence pressures and responses: Recent social insurance development in modern welfare states

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-323

  Montanari, Ingalill ^a   Nelson, Kenneth ^a   Palme, Joakim ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convergence; EU; European social model; Social insurance; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE SYSTEM; MARKET CONDITIONS; PREDICTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 34548057524     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913307X216286     Document Type: Article

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