A potential case of social bankruptcy: States' AFDC payments and their teen birth rates

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-123

  Zimmerman, Shirley L ^a   Gager, Constance T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0031509166     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1997.tb00010.x     Document Type: Article

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