Swapping policies: Alternative tax-benefit strategies to support children in Austria, Spain and the UK

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-647

  Levy, Horacio ^a   Lietz, Christine ^b   Sutherland, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749049732     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279407001213     Document Type: Article

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