Job performance and retention among welfare recipients

Social Service Review

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-369

  Holzer, Harry J ^a   Stoll, Michael A ^b   Wissoker, Douglas ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 8644267518     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421917     Document Type: Article

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