The effect of tax-benefit policies on fertility and female labor force participation in the United States

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1083-1096

  Ridao Cano, Cristóbal ^a   McNown, Robert ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Fertility; Tax policies; Time series models

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444458160     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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