An evaluation of income splitting with variable female labour supply

Economic Record

Volumn 72, Issue 218, 1996, Pages 224-235

  Jones, Glenn ^a   Savage, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE WORKFORCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME SPLITTING; LABOUR SUPPLY; WELFARE IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030419381     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1996.tb00955.x     Document Type: Review

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