Welfare-leaving and child health and behavior in immigrant and native families

Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America's Newcomers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-228

  Kalil, Ariel ^a   Crosby, Danielle A ^b  

^a The University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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