Benefits on the margin: Observations on marginal benefit incidence

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-106

  Younger, Stephen D ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

PERU;

EID: 0037486870     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhg009     Document Type: Article

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