EITC participation and association with financial distress among rural low-income families

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-382

  Gudmunson, Clinton G ^a   Son, Seohee ^a   Lee, Jaerim ^b   Bauer, Jean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Economic loss; Financial distress; Financial pressure; Income inadequacy; Low income families; Rural families

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956515632     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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