The roles of employment barriers in welfare exits and reentries after welfare reform: Event history analyses

Social Service Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-293

  Nam, Yunju ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 22944437472     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428956     Document Type: Article

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