Estimating the impact of a policy reform on benefit take-up: The 2001 extension to the minimum income guarantee for uk pensioners

Economica

Volumn 77, Issue 306, 2010, Pages 234-254

  Zantomio, Francesca ^a   Pudney, Stephen ^a   Hancock, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY REFORM;

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EID: 77950842182     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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