Caregiving in transition in Southern Europe: Neither complete altruists nor free-riders

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-705

  Simoni, Simonetta ^a   Trifiletti, Rossana ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case matching; Changing mixes of formal and informal care; Children and elder care; Double front of care; Social care; Southern Europe welfare regimes

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELDERLY CARE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 6044257406     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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