Reliance on income support in Australia: Prevalence and persistence

Economic Record

Volumn 79, Issue 245, 2003, Pages 196-217

  Tseng, Yi Ping ^a   Wilkins, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INCOME; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0043201460     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.t01-1-00098     Document Type: Article

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