The welfare cost of means-testing: Pensioner participation in income support

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-598

  Hernandez, Monica ^a   Pudney, Stephen ^b   Hancock, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248161109     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.940     Document Type: Article

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