The effects of the earned income tax credit and recent reforms

Tax Policy and the Economy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-180

  Meyer, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79953656771     PISSN: 08928649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/649831     Document Type: Article

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