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Screening (and creaming?) applicants to job training programs: the AFDC homemaker-home health aide demonstrations

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  • Bell, Stephen H. & Orr, Larry L., 2002. "Screening (and creaming?) applicants to job training programs: the AFDC homemaker-home health aide demonstrations," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(2), pages 279-301, April.
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