Has the 1996 welfare reform reduced the U.S. poverty rate? An empirical analysis using panel data

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Li, Hui ^a   Upadhyay, Mukti ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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