Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-113

  Paxson, Christina ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 1642278240     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.10097     Document Type: Review

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