Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality?

2017/07/07 by Hilary W. Hoynes, Hilary Hoynes, Ankur J. Patel +1 · 10 citations
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Income, Poverty, and Inequality

paper · doi:10.3368/jhr.53.4.1115.7494r1

Abstract

Hilary W. Hoynes⇑ and Ankur J. Patel Hoynes is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. She is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Ankur Patel is a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Hilary Hoynes, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley, 2607 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720 (hoynesatberkeley.edu).

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