Making work pay, making tax credits work: An assessment with specific reference to lone-parent employment

International Social Security Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 21-38

  Millar, Jane ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

One parent family; Promotion of employment; Social security reform; Tax credits; United Kingdom; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349107865     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2008.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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