What we know, what we don’t know, and what we need to know about welfare reform

Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 22-58

  Blank, Rebecca M ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 77955096444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605383.003     Document Type: Chapter

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