Inside the war on poverty: The impact of food stamps on birth outcomes

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-403

  Almond, Douglas ^a   Hoynes, Hilary W ^b   Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957491234     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00089     Document Type: Article

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