Everyone is still on welfare: The role of redistribution in social policy

Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-308

  Abramovitz, Mimi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate welfare; Fiscal welfare; Public assistance; Social welfare; Tax redistribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; POLICY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035487511     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/46.4.297     Document Type: Article

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