The earned income tax credit, welfare reform, and the employment of low-skilled single mothers

Stratagies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers: Bridging Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-73

  Hoynes, Hilary Williamson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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