The welfare state, budgetary pressure and labour market shifts

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 445-462

  Atkinson, Anthony B ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social transfers; Taxation; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034407963     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00209     Document Type: Article

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