Chapter 34 Welfare programs and labor supply

Handbook of Public Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2393-2430

  Moffitt, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

labor supply; welfare programs; work incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649378837     PISSN: 15734420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4420(02)80013-1     Document Type: Review

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