Are AFDC and SSI Substitutes ?
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Dan Black Terra McKinnish Seth Sanders Senior Research Fellow, Carnegie Joint Doctoral Candidate Research Director, Carnegie Mellon Census Research Data Center Heinz School of Public Policy Mellon Census Research Data Center and and and Gatton College of Business and Economics Department of Statistics Heinz School of Public Policy The University of Kentucky Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University Lexington, KY 40506-0034 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 (606) 257-7641 (412) 268-8717 (412) 268-2176 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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