Estimating a proposed family policy's effects: Incorporating labor supply responses to an assured child support benefit

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 534-555

  Meyer, Daniel R ^a   Kim, Rebecca Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032221492     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251398019005003     Document Type: Article

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