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			Immigration and welfare magnets by Borjas, George J Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Would financial incentives for leaving welfare lead some people to stay on welfare longer? : an experimental evaluation of "entry effects" in the self-sufficiency project by Card, David Robins, Philip K Lin, Winston Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Less-skilled workers, welfare reform, and the unemployment insurance system by Gustafson, Cynthia K Levine, Philip B Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Health tourism : social welfare through international trade / David Reisman by Reisman, David Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2010 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: RA 793.5 R447H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Economic growth and social welfare : operationalising normative social choice theory / Matthew Clarke and Sardar M.N. Islam by Clarke, Matthew Islam, Sardar M.N Series: Contributions to economic analysis ; 262 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD75 C527E. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Co-design and social innovation : connections, tensions and opportunities / Garth M. Britton by Britton, Garth M [author] Series: Routledge studies in social enterprise and social innovation Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017 Availability: Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Financial incentives for increasing work and income among low-income families by Blank, Rebecca M Card, David Robins, Philip K Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Some emerging issues in legal liability of children's agencies / Carol M. Rose by Rose, Carol M Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Child Welfare League of America, c1978 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: KF3735 R673S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Planning for a new century : the regional agenda / edited by Jonathan Barnett by Barnett, Jonathan [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Washington, D.C., Wash. : Island Press, c2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HT392 P526. Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	From opportunity to entitlement : the transformation and decline of Great Society liberalism / Gareth Davies by Davies, Gareth Material type: Text; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HV91 D384F. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The productivity of schools and other local public goods producers by Hoxby, Caroline M Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			What causes public assistance caseloads to grow? by Blank, Rebecca M Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1997 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)