Supported employment's cost-efficiency to taxpayers: 2002 to 2007

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Cimera, Robert Evert ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Costs; Supported employment; Taxpayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955873332     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.34.2.13     Document Type: Article

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