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Reconciling work and poverty reduction : how successful are European welfare states? /

Disappointing poverty trends suggest limitations to employment-centred welfare reform and downward pressures on the redistributive capacity of welfare states. Innovative empirical analyses of the links between poverty, labour market participation and social redistribution are presented. The observat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Cantillon, Bea (Editor), Vandenbroucke, Frank, 1955- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the Center for International Policy Exchanges, University of Maryland, 2014.
Series:International policy exchange series.
Subjects:
Labor market > Europe.
Manpower policy > Europe.
Poverty > Europe.
Welfare state > Europe.
Investments > Social aspects > Europe.
Marché du travail > Europe.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Europe.
Pauvreté > Europe.
État providence > Europe.
Investissements > Aspect social > Europe.
Investments > Social aspects
Labor market
Manpower policy
Poverty
Welfare state
Europe
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Disappointing poverty trends suggest limitations to employment-centred welfare reform and downward pressures on the redistributive capacity of welfare states. Innovative empirical analyses of the links between poverty, labour market participation and social redistribution are presented. The observations are linked with a broader perspective on the socio-economic, demographic and paradigmatic evolutions in contemporary welfare states.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 432 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199369720
0199369720