“this country is not woman-friendly or child-friendly”: Talking about the challenge of moving from welfare-to-work

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-115

  Boushey, Heather ^a  

^a Economic Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring labor; Focus groups; Public housing; Welfare reform; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937385341     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v06n02_05     Document Type: Article

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