Social security design in the UK: What is optimal?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-151

  Miles, David ^a   Sefton, James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347747269     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2003.tb00080.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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