Migration consequences of welfare reform

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-376

  Kaestner, Robert ^a   Kaushal, Neeraj ^b   Van Ryzin, Gregg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Migration; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037671745     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(03)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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