Welfare reforms and child well-being in the US and UK

Swedish Economic Policy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-168

  Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Child well being; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749159029     PISSN: 14001829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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