The Socioeconomic Determinants of Ill-Gotten Gains: Within-Person Changes in Drug Use and Illegal Earnings

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Uggen, Christopher ^a,b   Thompson, Melissa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 909 Social Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

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EID: 1642450875     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378036     Document Type: Article

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