Who benefits from the earned income tax credit? incidence among recipients, coworkers and firms

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Leigh, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Simulated instrument; Taxation incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953153384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1994     Document Type: Article

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