Why Sweden's welfare state needed reform

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 439, 1996, Pages 1766-1771

  Agell, Jonas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 4243118872     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235216     Document Type: Article

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