Canada needs better data for evidence-based policy: Inconsistencies between administrative and survey data on welfare dependence and education

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-256

  Warburton, Rebecca N ^a   Warburton, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144278728     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552301     Document Type: Article

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