The labor supply effects of child care costs and wages in the presence of subsidies and the earned income tax credit

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-230

  Herbst, Chris M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care costs; Child care subsidies; EITC; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952097703     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-009-9078-1     Document Type: Article

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