Welfare reform and family expenditures: How are single mothers adapting to the new welfare and work regime?

Social Service Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-396

  Kaushal, Neeraj ^a   Gao, Qin ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548672803     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520341     Document Type: Review

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