German reunification: Welfare gains and losses East and West

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-138

  Headey, Bruce ^a   Headey, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TERRITORIAL REUNIFICATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 0041918970     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024780114892     Document Type: Article

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