Improving Work Incentives and Incomes for Parents: The National and Geographic Impact of Liberalising the Family Tax Benefit Income Test

Economic Record

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Harding, Ann ^a   Vu, Quoc Ngu ^a   Rodgers, John L ^a   Tanton, Robert ^a   Vidyattama, Yogi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MODELING; TAX INCENTIVE; TAX REFORM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69549088526     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00588.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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