Optimal income support targeting

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 661-684

  De Wachter, Stefan ^a   Galiani, Sebastian ^b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Classification; Poverty; Program design; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750744813     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-6552-z     Document Type: Article

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