Comparing In-Work Benefits and the Reward to Work for Families with Children in the US and the UK

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-77

  Brewer, Mike ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346348028     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2001.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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