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Benefit payments, informal care and female labour supply

Fiona Carmichael School of Accounting, Economics and Management Science, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
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Susan Charles Department of Business and management, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 4DD, UK
Pages 411-415 | Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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