Filling holes in the safety net? Material hardship and subjective well-being among disability benefit applicants and recipients after the 1996 welfare reform

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1581-1597

  Schmidt, Lucie ^a   Danziger, Sheldon ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Material hardship; Supplemental Security income; Welfare; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866538892     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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