What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers / Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luce, Stephanie, editor.

Luff, Jennifer, editor.

McCartin, Joseph Anthony, editor.

Milkman, Ruth, 1954- editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unskilled labor--United States.

Unskilled labor.

Working poor.

United States.

Working poor--United States.

Minimum wage--United States.

Minimum wage.

Labor policy--United States.

Labor policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The majority of new jobs created in the United States today are low-wage jobs, and a fourth of the labor force earns no more than poverty-level wages. Policymakers and citizens alike agree that declining real wages and constrained spending among such a large segment of workers imperil economic prosperity and living standards for all Americans. Although many policies to assist low-wage workers have been proposed, there is little agreement across the political spectrum about which policies actually reduce poverty and raise income among the working poor. What Works for Workers? provides a comprehensive analysis of policy measures designed to address the widening income gap in the United States. With its rigorous analysis of what works and what does not, What Works for Workers? points the way toward effective reform. For social scientists, policymakers, and activists grappling with the practical realities of low-wage work, this book provides a valuable guide for narrowing the gap separating rich and poor. Book jacket.

Contents:

An economy that works for workers / Alice O'Connor

What can labor organizations do for U.S. workers when unions can't do what unions used to do? / Richard B. Freeman

Connecting the disconnected : improving education and employment outcomes among disadvantaged youth / Peter B. Edelman and Harry J. Holzer

Mending the fissured workplace / David Weil

Holding the line on workplace standards : what works for immigrant workers (and what doesn't)? / Jennifer Gordon

Career ladders in the low-wage labor market / Paul Osterman

Employment subsidies to firms and workers : key distinctions between the effects of the work opportunity tax credit and the earned income tax credit / Sarah Hamersma

Living wages, minimum wages, and low-wage workers / Stephanie Luce

Improving low-income workers' access to unemployment insurance / Jeffrey B. Wenger

Can the Affordable Care Act reverse three decades of declining health insurance coverage for low-wage workers? / John Schmitt

Low-wage workers and paid family leave : the California experience / Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610448192

1610448197

Publisher Number:

99967464296

40023620717

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.