AFDC benefits and nonmarital births to young women

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 376-391

  Hoffman, Saul D ^a   Foster, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033913810     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146330     Document Type: Article

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