Does means-testing welfare discourage saving? Evidence from a change in AFDC policy in the United States

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-53

  Powers, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

AFDC; Assets; E20; H31; I38; Saving; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032040532     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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