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Katharine Bradbury, Sheldon Danziger, Eugene Smolensky, Paul Smolensky, Public Assistance, Female Headship, and Economic Well-Being, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 41, No. 3, Family Policy (Aug., 1979), pp. 519-535
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