JOB TRAINING FOR WOMEN LEAVING WELFARE: ASSESSING INTEREST IN NON-TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT 1 Research for this paper was conducted while Dr. Negrey was on leave August 1999 to June 2001 at the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington, DC. It is a revision of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, February 2001. IWPR staff designed the study, and ...

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 12, Issue , 2003, Pages 231-257

  Negrey, Cynthia ^a   Golin, Stacie ^a   Lee, Sunhwa ^a   Gault, Barbara ^a  

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EID: 33645947739     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-2833(03)12009-2     Document Type: Review

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