Voluntary unemployment insurance and trade union membership: Investigating the connections in Denmark and Sweden

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-451

  Clasen, Cochen ^a   Viebrock, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; JOB SEARCH; TRADE UNION; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 44949120779     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279408001980     Document Type: Article

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