Comparing tax and transfer systems: Poverty, inequality and target efficiency

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 250 SUP, 1996, Pages

  Creedy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TRANSFER SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0030446698     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2554814     Document Type: Review

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