Trends in immigrants' use of public assistance after welfare reform

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-152

  Capps, Randy ^a   Fix, Michael E ^b   Henderson, Everett ^c  

^a Migration Policy Institute   (United States)

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

^c Institute of Museum and Library Services   (United States)

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