Do husbands and wives pool their resources? Evidence from the United Kingdom child benefit

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 463-480

  Lundberg, Shelly J ^a   Pollak, Robert A ^b   Wales, Terence J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME POOLING; SOCIAL CHANGE;

UK;

EID: 0031410547     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146179     Document Type: Article

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