Optimal income taxation of lone mothers: An empirical comparison of the UK and Germany

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 535, 2009, Pages

  Blundell, Richard ^a,b   Brewer, Mike ^a   Haan, Peter ^c   Shephard, Andrew ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR SUPPLY; MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE PARENT; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59349106825     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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