Giving and getting: Charitable activity and public assistance

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 600-627

  Guo, Chao ^a   Peck, Laura R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Public assistance; Volunteerism; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349428669     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399709341038     Document Type: Article

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