Welfare reform and child poverty: Effects of maternal employment, marriage, and cohabitation

Social Science Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-408

  Lichter, Daniel T ^a   Crowley, Martha L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043064373     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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