How welfare policies affect child and adolescent school performance: Investigating pathways of inf uence with experimental data

Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 255-289

  Morris, Pamela ^a   Gennetian, Lisa A ^b   Duncan, Greg J ^c   Huston, Aletha C ^d  

^a MDRC   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84883507317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605383.009     Document Type: Chapter

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