From a welfare check to a paycheck: Creating a new social contract

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-537

  Pavetti, LaDonna ^a   Wemmerus, Nancy ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0039256608     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-999-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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