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Is Smoking Inferior?

Evidence from Variation in the Earned Income Tax Credit

Donald S. Kenkel, Maximilian D. Schmeiser and Carly Urban
Journal of Human Resources, October 2014, 49 (4) 1094-1120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.4.1094
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