The distributional impacts of social programs

Evaluation Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-553

  Friedlander, Daniel ^b   Robins, Philip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Manpower Demonstration Res Corp   (United States)

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EID: 0006631613     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9702100501     Document Type: Article

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