Changes in immigrants' use of Medicaid and food stamps: The role of eligibility and other factors

Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America's Newcomers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 153-192

  Ku, Leighton ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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