Work norms and the welfare state

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 599-625

  Corneo, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Social insurance; Symbolic values; Welfare state; Work ethic

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84870327239     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs017     Document Type: Article

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