Local labor market restructuring and the employment of welfare recipients in los angeles county

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-172

  Drayse, Mark H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local labor markets; Los Angeles; Restructuring; Urban poverty; Welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344677447     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.2.139     Document Type: Article

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