Assessing welfare reform in the United States

Welfare Reform: A Comparative Assessment of the French and U. S. Experiences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages 145-166

  Weil, Alan ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351299527-6     Document Type: Chapter

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