Problems and Prospects of Self-Employment as an Economic Independence Option for Welfare Recipients

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-53

  Raheim, Salome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset building; Economic self sufficiency; Income generation; Self employment; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009817858     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.1.44     Document Type: Article

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