Welfare recipiency and savings outcomes in individual development accounts

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-174

  Zhan, Min ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^b   Schreiner, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual development accounts (IDAs); Savings; Welfare recipients; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644229524     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.3.165     Document Type: Article

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