More than meets the eye: Gaining insight into the lives of "successful" welfare leavers

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-224

  Selekman, Rebekah ^a   Ybarra, Marci ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic well being; Poverty; Single mothers; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960538110     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588742.2011.583542     Document Type: Article

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