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Public social services and income inequality

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  • Juliana Martínez Franzoni
  • Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

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Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all.

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  • Juliana Martínez Franzoni & Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, 2015. "Public social services and income inequality," Chapters, in: Janine Berg (ed.), Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality, chapter 11, pages 287-312, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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