Rural/urban welfare program and labor force participation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 914-927

  Kilkenny, Maureen ^a   Huffman, Sonya Kostova ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor force; Oaxaca; Rural; TANF program; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345017672     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00497     Document Type: Article

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