Crowding out or crowding in? Public and private transfers in Germany
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0168-6577,1572-9885
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-006-9001-x