A dynamic incentive-based argument for conditional transfers

Economic Record

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Mookherjee, Dilip ^a   Ray, Debraj ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; SKILLED LABOR; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 51249120885     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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