Waging War on Poverty: Poverty Trends Using a Historical Supplemental Poverty Measure

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 567-592

  Fox, Liana ^a   Wimer, Christopher ^b   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b   Kaushal, Neeraj ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84930574351     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21833     Document Type: Article

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