Welfare state expenditure and inequalities in voluntary association participation

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-322

  van Ingen, Erik ^a   van der Meer, Tom ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

civic engagement; crowding out; inequality; voluntary associations; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 80054701556     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928711412219     Document Type: Article

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