Economic well-being and welfare program participation among older immigrants in the United states

Generations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Burr, Jeffrey ^a   Gerst, Kerstin ^b   Kwan, Ngai ^a   Mutchler, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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