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Have Antipoverty Programs Increased Poverty?

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  • James Gwartney
  • Thomas S. MeCaleb

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  • James Gwartney & Thomas S. MeCaleb, 1985. "Have Antipoverty Programs Increased Poverty?," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 5(1), pages 1-16, Spring/Su.
    • Handle: RePEc:cto:journl:v:5:y:1985:i:1:p:1-16
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    1. Feldstein, Martin S, 1978. "The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Temporary Layoff Unemployment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 68(5), pages 834-846, December.
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    2. Richard E. Wagner, 1986. "Wealth Transfers in a Rent-Seeking Polity," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 6(1), pages 155-171, Spring/Su.
    3. James Gwartney & Richard Stroup, 1986. "Transfers, Equality, and the Limits of Public Policy," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 6(1), pages 111-137, Spring/Su.
    4. Donald Williams, 1991. "Structural Change and the Aggregate Poverty Rate," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 28(2), pages 323-332, May.
    5. Sholihah, Puput Ichwatus & Chen, Shaojun, 2020. "Improving living conditions of displacees: A review of the evidence benefit sharing scheme for development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) in urban Jakarta Indonesia," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 20(C).

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