The take-up of multiple means-tested benefits by British pensioners: Evidence from the family resources survey

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-303

  Hancock, Ruth ^a   Pudney, Stephen ^b   Barker, Geraldine ^c   Hernandez, Monica ^d   Sutherland, Holly ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7044239445     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2004.tb00540.x     Document Type: Review

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