Wal-Mart and county-wide poverty

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Swaminathan, Hema ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

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EID: 33646729117     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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