Welfare, work and banking: The use of consumer credit by current and former TANF recipients in Charlotte, North Carolina

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-402

  Stegman, Michael A ^a   Faris, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POPULATION;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044481667     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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