Child Support Reform: Some Analysis of the 1999 White Paper

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-140

  Paull, Gillian ^a   Walker, Ian ^b   Zhu, Yu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000214232     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2000.tb00582.x     Document Type: Article

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