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Shutting down welfare: Two cases from America's past

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  • Hannon, Joan Underhill, 1997. "Shutting down welfare: Two cases from America's past," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 419-438.
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    1. Brown, Charles C. & Oates, Wallace E., 1987. "Assistance to the poor in a federal system," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 307-330, April.
    2. Hannon, Joan Underhill, 1985. "Poor relief policy in antebellum New York state: The rise and decline of the poorhouse," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 233-256, July.
    3. Hannon, Joan Underhill, 1984. "The Generosity of Antebellum Poor Relief," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(03), pages 810-821, September.
    4. Hannon, Joan Underhill, 1984. "Poverty in the Antebellum Northeast: The View from New York State's Poor Relief Rolls," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(4), pages 1007-1032, December.
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