Residential location, transportation, and welfare-to-work in the United States: A case study of Milwaukee

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 393-431

  Shen, Qing ^a   Sanchez, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment issues; Neighborhood; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645689678     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2005.9521551     Document Type: Article

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