Do private transfers 'displace' the benefits of public transfers? Evidence from South Africa

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-112

  Jensen, Robert T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transfers; Poverty and public programs; Public pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142087684     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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