Are welfare sanctions working as intended? Welfare receipt, work activity, and material hardship among TANF-recipient families

Social Service Review

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-403

  Lee, Bong Joo ^a   Slack, Kristen S ^b   Lewis, Dan A ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8644279619     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421918     Document Type: Article

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