Maximum fee versus child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-480

  Brink, Anna ^a   Nordblom, Katarina ^b   Wahlberg, Roger ^b,c  

^a Swedish Ministry of Finance   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child benefit; Child care; Fees; Labor supply; Redistribution; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547380989     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9030-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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