Macroeconomic conditions, institutional factors and demographic structure: What causes welfare caseloads?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Population Economics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0933-1433,1432-1475
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0225-6