Welfare reform and asset accumulation: Asset limit changes, financial assets, and vehicle ownership

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-154

  Nam, Yunju ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Campus Box 1196 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 38349127661     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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