Welfare program reentry among postreform leavers

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 816-836

  Bruce, Donald ^a   Barbour, Karie ^a   Thacker, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 2442506858     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135274     Document Type: Article

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