TY - BOOK AU - Green, Christopher TI - Negative taxes and the poverty problem: a background paper prepred for a conference of experts held June 8-9, 1966 together with a summary of the conference discussion SN - 0815732643 PY - 1967/// CY - Washingnton D.C. PB - The Brookings Institution N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Introduction -- How transfer payments can alleviate poverty -- Other types of income maintenance -- The Development of the transfer-by-Taxation -- The Common features of transfer-by-taxation -- Breakeven lines and tax schedules -- Some technical problems -- The Incentives question -- Costs, benefit, and financing -- Summary of discussion at the conference of experts -- List of conference participants -- Appendix A: Defininitions of the family unite -- Appendix B: The Incidence of indirect taxes -- Appendix C: Similarity of the allowance formulas -- Appendix D: Cost estimates. ER -