Immigrants and welfare: Overview

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-36

  Fix, Michael E ^a   Capps, Randy ^b   Kaushal, Neeraj ^c  

^a Migration Policy Institute (MPI)   (United States)

^b Migration Policy Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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