Partnership penalties and bonuses created by UK welfare programs

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Anderberg, Dan ^a   Kondylis, Florence ^a   Walker, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family structure; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCENTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX REFORM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59349083781     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifn001     Document Type: Article

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