Urban and rural differences in use of earned income credits: A study of Minnesota's working family credit

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-448

  Hirasuna, Donald ^a   Stinson, Thomas F ^b  

^a Minnesota House of Representatives   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income credit; Rural and urban; Take up; Welfare

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548652372     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017607306332     Document Type: Article

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