A note on the antipoverty effectiveness of child support among mother-only families

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Meyer, Daniel R ^a   Hu, Mei Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033026783     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146309     Document Type: Article

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