Cohabiting Couple, Filing Jointly? Resource Pooling and U.S. Poverty Policies

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-247

  Kenney, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Family policy; Money management; Poverty; Resource allocation; Unmarried parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842632261     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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