Welfare reform and women’s wages

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Hayashi, Reiko ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; FIS; Welfare reform; Women s wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937184845     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v03n02_01     Document Type: Article

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