Simulating the reform of means-tested benefits with endogenous take-up and claim costs

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-166

  Pudney, Stephen ^a   Hancock, Ruth ^b   Sutherland, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644898545     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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