A starting foul in the study of the race to the bottom: A comment on "Measuring state TANF policy variations and change after reform"

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 782-790

  Allard, Scott W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750478034     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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