Progressivity of childcare tax policies in Belgium

Recherches Economiques de Louvain

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-165

  Farfan Portet, Maria Isabel ^a   Jean, Hindriks ^a   Vincent, Lorant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child care; Equity; Fiscal policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549083460     PISSN: 07704518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/rel.742.0143     Document Type: Article

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