A guide to the earned income tax credit: What everyone should know about the EITC

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 51-68

  Mendenhall, Amy N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income tax credit; EITC; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750195818     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v10n03_03     Document Type: Article

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