On the Relative Well-Being of the Nonmetropolitan Poor: An Examination of Alternate Definitions of Poverty During the 1990s

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-311

  Jolliffe, Dean ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0242287381     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3648970     Document Type: Review

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