Taxes and the labor market participation of married couples: The earned income tax credit

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1931-1958

  Eissa, Nada ^a   Hoynes, Hilary Williamson ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

EITC; Labor supply; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142752998     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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