Nonstandard work and child-care choices: Implications for welfare reform

From Welfare to Child Care: What Happens to Young Children When Single Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work?

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-148

  Kimmel, Jean ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84919554245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203759912     Document Type: Chapter

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