Welfare reform, earnings, and incomes: New evidence from the survey of program dynamics

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-512

  Connolly, Laura S ^a   Marston, Christine Enerson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 25144520452     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byi037     Document Type: Review

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