Turning job finders into job keepers

Future of Children

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-86

  Hershey, Alan M ^a   Pavetti, LaDonna A ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB FINDING; REVIEW; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031403264     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602579     Document Type: Review

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