Welfare Benefits and Illegitimacy in the U.S.: Reconciling Contradictory Trends

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-179

  Winegarden, C R ^a   Bracy, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 0031480577     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061045     Document Type: Article

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