On the compassion of time-limited welfare programs

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1445-1470

  Fang, Hanming ^a   Silverman, Dan ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Present biased preferences; Time limits; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345868278     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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