Towards a european social model?: Trends in social insurance among EU countries 1980-2000

European Societies

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 787-810

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

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convergence; European social model; European Union; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149133639     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800801912543     Document Type: Article

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