Improving the measurement of poverty

Social Service Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-74

  Hutto, Nathan ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a   Kaushal, Neeraj ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 79952829853     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659129     Document Type: Article

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