Non-cash benefits and the distribution of economic welfare

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-71

  Callan, Tim ^a   Keane, Claire ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63349086436     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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