Fertility, taxation and family policy

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 745-763

  Apps, Patricia ^a   Rees, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child support; Fertility; Taxation

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; SOCIAL POLICY; TAX SYSTEM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 11244262337     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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