Under which conditions does spending on active labor market policies increase? An fsQCA analysis of 53 governments between 1985 and 2003

European Political Science Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-252

  Vis, Barbara ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALMPs; FsQCA; governments decision making; policymaking; welfare state reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011501569     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773910000378     Document Type: Article

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