Welfare reform: The US experience

Swedish Economic Policy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 11-47

  Moffitt, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Single mothers; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749132646     PISSN: 14001829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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