The effects of earnings inequality on state social spending in the United States

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-613

  Schwabish, Jonathan A ^a  

^a Ford House Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Public expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249118602     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107311462     Document Type: Article

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