Failing the transition from welfare to work: Women chronically disconnected from employment and cash welfare

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-249

  Turner, Lesley J ^a   Danziger, Sheldon ^b   Seefeldt, Kristin S ^b  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33646731195     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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