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Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?

Marianne Bitler, Hilary Hoynes and Elira Kuka
Journal of Human Resources, March 2017, 52 (2) 319-350; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.2.0614-6433R1
Marianne Bitler
Marianne Bitler is a professor of economics at U.C. Davis and a faculty research associate at NBER. Hilary Hoynes is a professor of public policy and economics at U.C. Berkeley and a research fellow at NBER. Elira Kuka is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, S.M.U.
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Marianne Bitler is a professor of economics at U.C. Davis and a faculty research associate at NBER. Hilary Hoynes is a professor of public policy and economics at U.C. Berkeley and a research fellow at NBER. Elira Kuka is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, S.M.U.
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Marianne Bitler is a professor of economics at U.C. Davis and a faculty research associate at NBER. Hilary Hoynes is a professor of public policy and economics at U.C. Berkeley and a research fellow at NBER. Elira Kuka is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, S.M.U.
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vol. 52 no. 2 319-350
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.2.0614-6433R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received June 1, 2014
  • Accepted December 1, 2015
  • Published online April 27, 2017.

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  1. Marianne Bitler is a professor of economics at U.C. Davis and a faculty research associate at NBER. Hilary Hoynes is a professor of public policy and economics at U.C. Berkeley and a research fellow at NBER. Elira Kuka is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, S.M.U.
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