The impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-236

  Bitler, Marianne P ^a   Gelbach, Jonah B ^b   Hoynes, Hilary W ^c   Zavodny, Madeline ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

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EID: 3242724372     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0011     Document Type: Article

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