The effects of the earned income tax credit on children’s income and poverty: Who fares better?

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-22

  Kim, Rebecca Y ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti poverty effectiveness; Child poverty; Economic well being; Families with children; Public safety net; The earned income tax credit (eitc)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995784587     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v05n01_01     Document Type: Article

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