The road not taken? Changes in welfare entry during the 1990s

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1060-1079

  Acs, Gregory ^a   Phillips, Katherin Ross ^a   Nelson, Sandi ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 30544436681     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Review

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