Do disabilities in former TANF families hasten their returns to cash assistance?

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 530-543

  Brandon, Peter D ^a   Hofferth, Sandra L ^b   Hogan, Dennis P ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Welfare reform; Welfare returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049119351     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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