Earnings supplements and job quality among former welfare recipients: Evidence from the self-sufficiency project

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Foley, Kelly ^a   Schwartz, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0041571676     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/007304ar     Document Type: Review

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