Crime and benefit sanctions

Portuguese Economic Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-165

  Machin, Stephen ^a   Marie, Olivier ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit sanctions; Crime; J65; JEL Classification H00; Jobseekers allowance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750120727     PISSN: 1617982X     EISSN: 16179838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10258-006-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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