Refereed scientific book or report (C1)
Welfare and the Great Recession: A Comparative Study
List of Authors: Stefan Olafsson, Mary Daly, Olli Kangas, Joakim Palme
Place: Oxford
Publication year: 2019
Start page: 1
End page: 334
Number of pages: 334
ISBN: 978-0-19-883096-2
Abstract
Welfare and the Great Recession analyses welfare consequences of the finacial 2018 crisis in Europe. The book surveys how the burdens of the recession were shared among different socio-economic groups across Europe and within individual countries. The book gives new evidece of the importance of the welfare states and government policies in sheltering populations from serious economic and social problems.