Standing still or moving up? Evidence from Wisconsin on the long-term employment and earnings of TANF participants

Social Work Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Wu, Chi Fang ^a   Cancian, Maria ^b   Meyer, Daniel R ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment and earning; Poverty; Social policy; TANF; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249103946     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/32.2.89     Document Type: Article

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