Social welfare spending on family benefits in the United States and Sweden: A comparative study

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-309

  Ozawa, Martha N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Family policy; Poverty; Single parents; Social welfare expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442546562     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2003.006.x     Document Type: Article

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