How rural working families use the earned income tax credit: A mixed methods analysis

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-63

  Mammen, Sheila ^a   Lawrence, Frances C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income tax credit; Low income families; Poverty; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956535791     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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