The effects of welfare and tax reform: The material well-being of single mothers in the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1387-1420

  Meyer, Bruce D ^a   Sullivan, James X ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Single mothers; Tax reform; Welfare; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347759824     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00219-0     Document Type: Article

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