HOW DOES THE WELFARE STATE INFLUENCE INDIVIDUALS' SOCIAL CAPITAL?: Eurobarometer evidence on individuals' access to informal help

European Societies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-440

  Gelissen, John P T M ^a   van Oorschot, Wim J H ^a   Finsveen, Ellen ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

access to informal help; crowding out hypothesis; social capital; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866290659     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2012.676660     Document Type: Article

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