Less bad than its reputation: Social spending as a proxy for welfare effort in cross-national studies

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-340

  Jensen, Carsten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 79960502376     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2011.565917     Document Type: Article

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