Food stamp caseloads over the business cycle

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 903-919

  Ziliak, James P ^a   Gundersen, Craig ^b   Figlio, David N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0038335966     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061657     Document Type: Article

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