Education, maternal smoking, and the earned income tax credit

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cowan, Benjamin ^a   Tefft, Nathan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

EITC; Employment; Income; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908167534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1935-1682.3305     Document Type: Article

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