Distributional impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 748-765

  Bitler, Marianne P ^a,d   Gelbach, Jonah B ^b   Hoynes, Hilary W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogenous treatment effects; Labor supply; Policy evaluation; Welfare programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949197763     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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