When tax collectors become collectors for child support and student loans: Jeopardizing the revenue base?

Kyklos

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-326

  Ahmed, Eliza ^a   Braithwaite, Valerie ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; COMPLIANCE; FINANCIAL PROVISION; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143123208     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2004.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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