Will workfare work? Job availability for welfare recipients in rural and urban America

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-395

  Jensen, Leif ^a,b   Chitose, Yoshimi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Population Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Welfare; Welfare reform; Workfare

Indexed keywords

JOB AVAILABILITY; LABOUR MARKET; WELFARE RECIPIENTS;

USA;

EID: 0031413557     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005820019065     Document Type: Article

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