Did We Lose the War on Poverty?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-96

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001786928     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.79     Document Type: Article

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