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For Richer or for Poorer: Marriage as an Antipoverty Strategy

Welfare, U.S. Poverty, Cities, Children & Families

Adam Thomas, Senior Research Analyst
Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Wiley Interscience

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