Lessons From the Policy World: How the Economy, Work Supports, and Education Matter for Low-Income Workers

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-65

  Lambert, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

hourly jobs; low wage workers; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950706428     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888408329637     Document Type: Article

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