Regional diversity and child poverty: The case of child benefit in the united kingdom and the need for joined up thinking

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-123

  Morelli, Carlo ^a   Seaman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BHPS; Child benefit; Child poverty; Gini coefficient; Household income; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051485406     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v02i02/52275     Document Type: Article

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