On the progressivity of the child care tax credit: Snapshot versus time-exposure incidence

National Tax Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-71

  Altshuler, Rosanne ^a   Schwartz, Amy Ellen ^b  

^a Center for Children and Childhood Studies   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041049120     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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