Falling up the stairs: The effects of "bracket creep" on household incomes

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-62

  Immervoll, Herwig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OECD   (France)

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EID: 27744533877     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00144.x     Document Type: Review

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