"Leavers" from TANF and AFDC: How do they fare economically?

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Ozawa, Martha N ^a   Yoon, Hong Sik ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cash assistance; Poverty; PRWORA; TANF exits; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944500299     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.3.239     Document Type: Article

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