Recidivism among welfare recipients: The role of neighborhood and access to employment

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-419

  Gurmu, Shiferaw ^a   Smith, William J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistance program; Employment opportunity; Residential location; Welfare reentry; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845220641     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-006-9027-9     Document Type: Article

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