Statistical Handbook On The Social Safety Net
Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2004 volume opens with discussion of "social safety net" and the economic health of various nations and their definition of poverty. Other chapters cover social security, unemployment insurance and workers compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, the welfare system in the United States and other countries, and more. Includes 300 tables, graphs, and charts.
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