Making the work-based safety net work better : forward-looking policies to help low-income families / Carolyn J. Heinrich and John Karl Scholz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heinrich, Carolyn J.

Scholz, John Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working poor--Government policy--United States.

Poor families--Government policy--United States.

Poor families.

Government policy.

Working poor--Government policy.

Working poor.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2009]

Contents:

Making the work-based safety net work better / Carolyn J. 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 / Steven Raphael

The growing problem of disconnected single mothers / Rebecca M. Blank and Brian K. 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780871544667

0871544660

OCLC:

276994932