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Public transfers to the poor: is Europe really much more generous than the United States?

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  • Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe

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  • M. Collado & Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe, 2010. "Public transfers to the poor: is Europe really much more generous than the United States?," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 17(6), pages 662-685, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:itaxpf:v:17:y:2010:i:6:p:662-685
    DOI: 10.1007/s10797-010-9143-y
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    3. Bernhard Hammer & Michael Christl & Silvia De Poli, 2020. "Redistribution across Europe: How much and to whom?," Working Papers 593, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
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    Keywords

    Poverty; Public transfers; Redistribution; Welfare state; H51; H53; I38;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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