Journal of Poverty, Volume 12, Issue 4 (2008)

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Journal of Poverty, Volume 12, Issue 4 (2008)

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Funding Poverty Law in an Era of Decentralization
Brian M. Harward
Pages: 387-410
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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From a Distance: Marginalization of the Poor in Television Ads for Goodwill Industries
Ronald Bishop
Pages: 411-431
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
AbstractforFrom a Distance: Marginalization of the Poor in Television Ads for Goodwill Industries | Full Text | References | PDF (81.7 KB)
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Childhood Asthma, Public Housing, and Environmental Control: Differences Between Families Renting with Section 8 Vouchers and Those Living in the Projects
Sara Grineski
Pages: 432-455
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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Differential Effects of Human Capital on the Poor and Near-Poor: Evidence of Social Exclusion
Philip Young P. Hong & Shanta Pandey
Pages: 456-480
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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Optimal Minimum Wage in the Classic Labor Supply-and-Demand Paradigm
Rajeev Dehejia, Bjorn N. Jorgensen & Raphael C. Thomadsen
Pages: 481-495
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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Combating Poverty for Sustainable Human Development in Nigeria: The Continuing Struggle
J. Shola Omotola
Pages: 496-517
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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Book review

Book Review
Why America Lost the War on Poverty-And How to Win it by Frank Stricker
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 345 pp. ISBN 978-8078-3111-3 (cloth) $59.95. ISBN 978-8078-5804-2 (paper) $19.95. pp. 345
Dona Schneider
Pages: 518-520
Published online: 12 Dec 2008
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