A Public Finance Approach to Assessing Poverty Alleviation
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- Wodon, Quentin & Yitzhaki, Shlomo, 2002. "Неравенство И Общественное Благосостояние [Inequality and Social Welfare]," MPRA Paper 10489, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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