Immigrants' use of welfare after welfare reform: Cross-group comparison

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 63-82

  Lim, Younghee ^a   Resko, Stella M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian pacific islanders; Cash and in kind benefits; Immigrants; Racial ethnic groups; Welfare use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937385514     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v06n04_05     Document Type: Article

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