Taxes, Health Insurance, and Women's Self-Employment

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-177

  Velamuri, Malathi ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84859648895     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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