Tracking the transition from welfare to work

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-132

  Fletcher, Cynthia Needles ^a   Winter, Mary ^a   Shih, An Ti ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Panel study; TANF; Welfare reform; Working poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149094809     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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