What went wrong in New Orleans? An examination of the welfare dependency explanation

Social Problems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-42

  Brezina, Timothy ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39049136094     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2008.55.1.23     Document Type: Article

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