The demand for welfare generosity

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-108

  Ribar, David C ^b   Wilhelm, Mark O ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033413049     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399767923854     Document Type: Article

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