An International Perspective on Child Benefit Packages

Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 293-307

  Bradshaw, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child Poverty; Child Support; Housing Cost; International Perspective; Welfare State

Indexed keywords

EID: 85184673889     PISSN: 18795196     EISSN: 1879520X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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