Tax reform for low-wage workers

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Seipel, Michael M O ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Poverty; Tax reform; Welfare reform; Working poor people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; POLICY; POVERTY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033632006     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.1.65     Document Type: Article

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