Designing a growth-friendly welfare system: Implications from empirical analysis of OECD countriesFootnote

Note: This article was developed from previous research (Korean version) ‘Harmonizing Social Welfare and Economic Growth: Case Studies of European Countries and Implications for Korea’.

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