Social security in Australia and New Zealand: Means-tested or just mean?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 493-515

  Saunders, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; New Zealand; Social security; Targeting

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY; TARGETING; WELFARE PROVISION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033394977     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00167     Document Type: Article

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