Income Risk, the Tax-benefit System and the Demand for Children

Economica

Volumn 68, Issue 269, 2001, Pages 105-126

  Fraser, Clive D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; INCOME; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 0035049845     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00236     Document Type: Article

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