Job accessibility and welfare usage: Evidence from Los Angeles

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 639-657

  Blumenberg, Evelyn ^a   Ong, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039758337     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199823)17:4<639::AID-PAM3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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