Three Routes to Pension Reform: Politics and Institutions in Reforming Pensions in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-284

  Kangas, Olli ^a   Lundberg, Urban ^a   Ploug, Niels ^a  

^a SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Institutions; ; Pensions; ; Politics

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PENSION SYSTEM; POLITICAL PROCESS; POLITICAL REFORM; REFORM PROCESS;

DENMARK; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953785038     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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