Rural and urban differences in welfare exits: Minnesota evidence 1986-1996

Growth and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-427

  Hirasuna, Donald P ^a   Stinson, Thomas F ^b  

^a Minnesota House of Representatives   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RURAL AND URBAN SOCIETY AND ECONOMY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244493383     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2005.00283.x     Document Type: Review

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