The economic safety net for low-income families with children

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-219

  Slack, Kristen S ^a   Kim, Bomi ^a   Yang, Mi Youn ^b   Berger, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit packaging; Safety net; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907504312     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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