Funding social protection: Mapping and explaining welfare state financing in a global perspective

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Funding social protection: Mapping and explaining welfare state financing in a global perspective. / Schmitt, Carina; Lierse, Hanna; Obinger, Herbert.
In: Global Social Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2, 01.08.2020, p. 143-164.

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Schmitt C, Lierse H, Obinger H. Funding social protection: Mapping and explaining welfare state financing in a global perspective. Global Social Policy. 2020 Aug 1;20(2):143-164. doi: 10.1177/1468018120906671

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