Welfare, the earned income tax credit, and the labor supply of single mothers

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1063-1114

  Meyer, Bruce D ^a   Rosenbaum, Dan T ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0011831273     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530152466313     Document Type: Article

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