The economic crisis as a trigger of convergence? short-time work in italy, germany and austria

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-487

  Sacchi, Stefano ^a   Pancaldi, Federico ^a   Arisi, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergence; Path dependence; Short time work; Social protection; Unemployment compensation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; ITALY;

EID: 79959226150     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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