Dynamic properties of income support receipt in Australia

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-55

  Tseng, Yi Ping ^a   Vu, Ha ^a   Wilkins, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42449113373     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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