Targeting social assistance

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-324

  Bradbury, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 7044255014     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2004.tb00541.x     Document Type: Review

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