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Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better : Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Scholz, John Karl, Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Making the work-based safety net work better / Carolyn Heinrich and John Karl Scholz
  • Alternative labor market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency :
  • Mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and raising productivity / David Neumark
  • On work and health among the american poor / Jayanta Bhattacharya and Peter Richmond
  • Parental pathways to self-sufficiency and the well-being of younger children / Greg J. Duncan, Lisa Gennetian, and Pamela Morris
  • School reforms and improved life outcomes for disadvantaged children / David N. Figlio
  • The impact of incarceration on the employment outcomes of former inmates : policy options for fostering self-sufficiency and an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of current corrections policy / Steven Raphael
  • The growing problem of disconnected single mothers / Rebecca Blank and Brian Kovak
  • Beyond the safety net : supporting the economic security of working poor families / Marcia K. Meyers and Janet C. Gornick
  • The politics of low-income families in the United States / R. Kent Weaver.