Minimum income standards: How might budget standards be set for the UK?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-636

  Deeming, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM WAGE; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 27144447984     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279405009189     Document Type: Article

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