The earned income tax credit and fertility

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-563

  Baughman, Reagan ^a   Dickert Conlin, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income tax credit; Fertility; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349229389     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0177-0     Document Type: Article

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