The great recession, public transfers, and material hardship

Social Service Review

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-427

  Pilkauskas, Natasha V ^a   Currie, Janet M ^b   Garfinkel, Irwin ^a  

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

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868594107     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667993     Document Type: Article

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