Earned income tax credit policies: Impact and optimality. The Adam Smith Lecture, 2005

Labour Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-443

  Blundell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746355228     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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