Inequality and two decades of British tax and benefit reforms

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-158

  Clark, Tom ^a   Leicester, Andrew ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042511571     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2004.tb00100.x     Document Type: Review

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