The Road to Economic Self-Sufficiency: Job Quality and Job Transition Patterns after Welfare Reform
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 22, No. 4, 615–639 (2003) © 2003 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/pam.10158 Manuscript received April 2002; out for review April 2002; review completed June 2002; revision completed December 2002; accepted February 2003. Abstract
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