Fiscal redistribution in the developed countries: New insights from the Luxembourg Income Study

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-511

  Mahler, Vincent A ^a   Jesuit, David K ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disposable income; Fiscal redistribution; Gini index; Luxembourg Income Study; Redistributing income

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748792523     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl003     Document Type: Article

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