Have the 1996 welfare reforms and expansion of the earned income tax credit eliminated the need for a basic income guarantee in the US?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 595-611

  Bryan, James B ^a  

^a MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic income guarantee; EITC; Income redistribution; Negative income tax; Welfare; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744449678     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760500364593     Document Type: Review

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