Poor Kids: Trends in Child Poverty in Britain, 1968-96

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-187

  Gregg, Paul ^a   Harkness, Susan ^b   Machin, Stephen ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000456314     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1999.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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