Rising extreme poverty in the United States and the response of federal means-tested transfer programs

Social Service Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 250-268

  Luke Shaefer, H ^a   Edin, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879965521     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671012     Document Type: Article

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