Does maternal employment mandated by welfare reform affect children's behavior?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 154-178

  Kalil, Ariel ^a   Dunifon, Rachel E ^b   Danziger, Sandra K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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