Microsimulation as a tool for evaluating redistribution policies

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-106

  Bourguignon, François ^a   Spadaro, Amedeo ^a,b  

^a Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation of public policies; Inequality; Microsimulation; Poverty; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746896929     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9012-6     Document Type: Article

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