Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Data in Welfare Policy Evaluations in the United States

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-353

  London, Andrew S ^a   Schwartz, Saul ^b   Scott, Ellen K ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

mixed methods research; policy evaluation; poverty; United States; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WELFARE REFORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846562441     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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