The potential power of social policy programmes: Income redistribution, economic resources and health

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Lundberg, Olle ^a   Fritzell, Johan ^a   Åberg Yngwe, Monica ^a   Kölegård, Maria L ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; Health; Income; Individual effects; Mechanisms; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954198804     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2010.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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