The effects of earned income tax credit payment expansion on maternal smoking

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1344-1359

  Averett, Susan ^a   Wang, Yang ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

EITC; low income mothers; smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; JUVENILE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TAX; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MOTHER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INCOME TAX; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTHERS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886088316     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2886     Document Type: Article

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