The Differential Impact of Welfare Reform in Non-metropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of Virginia

The state of Virginia has been a leader in the design and implementation of welfare reform measures. State welfare reforms were enacted in 1996 and federal reforms followed shortly after in 1996. Initial decreases in program caseloads and the movement of former recipients from unemployment to empl...

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Main Author: Chinnis, Sarah
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31316
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-022299-102117/