Income splitting among the self-employed

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1195-1220

  Schuetze, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750447265     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2006.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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