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Family policies’ long-term effects on poverty: a comparative analysis of single and partnered mothers 家庭政策对贫困的长期影响:对单身母亲和有伴侣母亲的比较分析

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2022-01-07 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211035690

H. Zagel, W. Van Lancker

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引用次数: 14

Double burden? Implications of indebtedness to general life satisfaction following negative life events in international comparison 双重负担?负债对负面生活事件后总体生活满意度的影响的国际比较

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211050505

Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr, Oshrat Hochman

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引用次数: 3

Wealth accumulation and retirement preparedness in cross-national perspective: A gendered analysis of outcomes among single adults 跨国视角下的财富积累和退休准备:单身成年人结果的性别分析

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211056174

J. Gornick, Eva Sierminska

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引用次数: 6

How wealth matters for social policy 财富如何影响社会政策

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211056161

I. Marx, B. Nolan

引用次数: 2

How can we become more equal? Public policies and parents’ work–family preferences in Germany 我们怎样才能变得更加平等？德国的公共政策和父母的工作-家庭偏好

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-11-17 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211035701

M. Bünning, L. Hipp

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引用次数: 2

A nation of bureaucrats or a nation of workers? Welfare benefits as nation-building modernization tools in interwar Romania 一个官僚国家还是一个工人国家？福利福利作为两次世界大战期间罗马尼亚国家建设的现代化工具

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-08 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211035700

Sergiu Delcea

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引用次数: 0

Bringing society back into our understanding of European cross-border care 将社会带回我们对欧洲跨境医疗的理解

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211031815

S. Stan, R. Erne

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引用次数: 0

Administering the Union citizen in need: Between welfare state bureaucracy and migration control. 管理有需要的联邦公民:在福利国家官僚主义和移民控制之间。

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Epub Date: 2021-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/0958928721999612

Dion Kramer, Anita Heindlmaier

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引用次数: 4

Middle-class interests, redistribution and the postwar success and failure of the solidaristic welfare state 中产阶级利益、再分配以及战后团结福利国家的成败

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-14 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211035686

Dennie Oude nijhuis

引用次数: 2

Flat-rate personal income tax in Lithuania, Romania and Hungary: A revolutionary policy idea without revolutionary outcomes 立陶宛、罗马尼亚和匈牙利的统一税率个人所得税:一个没有革命性结果的革命性政策理念

IF 3 1区社会学

Journal of European Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-13 DOI: 10.1177/09589287211035707

Borbála Kovács

引用次数: 2