Local labor markets and caseload decline in Louisiana in the 1990s

Rural Sociology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 556-577

  Lee, M A ^a   Harvey, Mark ^a   Neustrom, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WELFARE PROVISION;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036937749     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2002.tb00119.x     Document Type: Article

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