Parental pathways to self-sufficiency and the well-being of younger children

Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-148

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Gennetian, Lisa ^b   Morris, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MDRC ^*  (United States)

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