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The effect of the working families' tax credit on labour market participation

Mike Brewer and James Browne
Briefing note
This Briefing Note compares five recent studies that have examined the labour market impact of the Working Families' Tax Credit and related reforms between 1999 and 2002.
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DOI 10.1920/bn.ifs.2006.0069
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