Social rights in the constitution and in practice

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-119

  Ben Bassat, Avi ^a,b   Dahan, Momi ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Israel Democracy Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constitution; Democracy; Government expenditure; Legal origins; Social rights; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649106506     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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