Welfare work requirements and child well-being: Evidence from the effects on breast-feeding

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 479-497

  Haider, Steven J ^a   Jacknowitz, Alison ^b   Schoeni, Robert F ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 2942582319     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1515156     Document Type: Article

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