Using differences in knowledge across neighborhoods to uncover the impacts of the EITC on earnings

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2683-2721

  Chetty, Raj ^a,b   Friedman, John N ^b,c   Saez, Emmanuel ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84888405023     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.7.2683     Document Type: Article

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