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Family Labor Supply and the Timing of Cash Transfers

Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit

Tzu-Ting Yang
Journal of Human Resources, March 2018, 53 (2) 445-473; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.2.0115-6857R1
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