Was there a nineteenth century welfare magnet in the United States?: Preliminary results from New York City and Brooklyn

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-448

  Kauffman, Kyle D ^a   Kiesling, L Lynne ^a  

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EID: 0031160927     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(97)90036-3     Document Type: Article

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