The effect of financial incentives on labour supply: Evidence for lone parents from microsimulation and quasi-experimental evaluation

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-325

  Cai, Lixin ^a   Kalb, Guyonne ^a   Tseng, Yi Ping ^a   Vu, Ha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour supply; Quasi experimental evaluation; Tax policy microsimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350156170     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2008.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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