The importance of socio-economic and political losses and gains in welfare state reform

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-407

  Vis, Barbara ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALMPs; Fuzzy set analysis; Prospect theory; Reform; Unemployment benefits; Welfare state retrenchment

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE REFORM;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449411715     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928709344250     Document Type: Article

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