Employment incentives for sole parents: Labour market effects of changes to financial incentives and *

Tax Reform in Open Economies: International and Country Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 194-214

  Dalgety, Jacinta ^a   Dorsett, Richard ^b   Johnston, Steven ^a   Spier, Philip ^a  

^a Ministry of Social Development   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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