Can welfare policy make use of social norms?

Rationality and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-365

  Bird, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Norms; Poverty; Welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644451766     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346399011003004     Document Type: Article

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