How different are welfare and working families? And do these differences matter for children's achievement?

For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 103-131

  Duncan, Greg J ^a,b   Dunifon, Rachel E ^c   Doran, Morgan B Ward ^a   Yeung, W Jean ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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