Understanding the dynamics of $2-a-day poverty in the United States

RSF

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-138

  Shaefer, H Luke ^a   Edin, Kathryn ^b   Talbert, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low wage work; Material hardship; Poverty; Social policy; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977648707     PISSN: 23778253     EISSN: 23778261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2015.1.1.07     Document Type: Article

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