Attitudes towards redistributive spending in an era of demographic ageing: The rival pressures from age and income in 14 OECD countries

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-212

  Busemeyer, Marius R ^a   Goerres, Achim ^b   Weschle, Simon ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; Population ageing; Public opinion; Social policy preferences; Welfare state regimes

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGING POPULATION; INCOME; OECD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 70349215659     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928709104736     Document Type: Article

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