The decline of welfare benefits in the U.S.: The role of wage inequality

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-452

  Moffitt, Robert ^a   Ribar, David ^b   Wilhelm, Mark ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

USA; Wage inequality; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000589686     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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