The child and dependent care tax credit: A policy analysis

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 159-176

  Forry, Nicole D ^a   Anderson, Elaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit; Child care; Dependent care; Legislative process; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747326838     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v39n01_09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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