Research ArticleII. Extreme Poverty and Social Suffering
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Understanding the Dynamics of $2-a-Day Poverty in the United States
H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, Elizabeth Talbert
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2015, 1 (1) 120-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.07
H. Luke Shaefer
aAssociate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Kathryn Edin
bBloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Zanvyl Krieger School and Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Talbert
cDoctoral student in sociology at Johns Hopkins University
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H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, Elizabeth Talbert
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (1) 120-138; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.07
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