Authors
Ian Preston
Research Fellow University College London
Ian is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at UCL. He joined UCL in 1991 and has been attached to the IFS since 1990.
Suggested citation
Preston, I. (1990). Income redistribution and labour supply specification.
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