The welfare state and relative poverty in rich Western democracies, 1967-1997

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1329-1364

  Brady, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444531895     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0056     Document Type: Review

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