Publicly provided services and the distribution of households' economic resources

OECD Journal: Economic Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 9-47

  Marical, François ^a   D'Ercole, Marco Mira ^b   Vaalavuo, Maria ^c   Verbist, Gerlinde ^d  

^a INSEE   (Italy)

^b OECD Social Policy Division   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 79954608341     PISSN: 19952848     EISSN: 19952856     Source Type: Journal    
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