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Article

The Use of Hypothetical Household Data for Policy Learning: Comparative Tax‒Benefit Indicators Using EUROMOD HHoT

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Pages 170-189 | Received 19 Jun 2018, Accepted 08 Apr 2019, Published online: 28 May 2019

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