Positive or negative policy feedbacks? explaining popular attitudes towards pragmatic pension policy reforms

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 803-815

  Fernández, Juan J ^a   Jaime Castillo, Antonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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EID: 84882344939     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs059     Document Type: Article

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