Mothers' employment and the use of childcare in the UK

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1The UK Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) contains an element ..... shown that a significant proportion of mothers seem able to work without using informal ...
MOTHERS’ EMPLOYMENT AND THE USE OF CHILDCARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Alan Duncan Gillian Paull Jayne Taylor

THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES

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