How do economic downturns affect welfare leavers? A comparison of two cohorts

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-597

  Kwon, Hyeok Chang ^a   Meyer, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Single parent families; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952899457     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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