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Lee, M.A., Singelmann, J. (2006). Welfare Reform Amidst Chronic Poverty in the Mississippi Delta. In: Kandel, W.A., Brown, D.L. (eds) Population Change and Rural Society. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3902-6_18
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