Intergenerational transfers, production and income distribution

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 489-513

  Zilcha, Itzhak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0038744269     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00142-0     Document Type: Article

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