Would declining exit rates from welfare provide evidence of welfare dependence in homogeneous environments?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-33

  Contini, Dalit ^a   Negri, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 33846988618     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcl017     Document Type: Review

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