Tax credits, income support, and partnership decisions

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-526

  Anderberg, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family structure; Tax credits; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949241320     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9078-8     Document Type: Article

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