Welfare Reforms , Family Resources , and Child Maltreatment
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 22, No. 1, 85–113 (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/pam10097 Manuscript received May 2001; review completed August 2001; revision completed December 2001; revision review completed March 2002; accepted March 2002. Abstract
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