The mid-1990s earned income tax credit expansion: EITC and welfare caseloads

Social Work Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Lim, Younghee ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Single mothers; Tax credit expansion; Welfare caseloads; Welfare policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249117816     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/32.1.46     Document Type: Article

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