International trends in income inequality and social policy

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-415

  Caminada, Koen ^a   Goudswaard, Kees ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Income distribution (indices); Social policy; Taxes and transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041370243     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011262706412     Document Type: Article

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