Welfare regimes and change in the employment structure: Britain, Denmark and Germany since 1990

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-110

  Oesch, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Esping Andersen; polarization; social class; unemployment; welfare state

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; OCCUPATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

DENMARK; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922246312     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928714556972     Document Type: Article

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