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When work is not enough : state and federal policies to support needy workers / Robert P. Stoker, Laura A. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoker, Robert Phillip, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working poor--Government policy--United States.
- Working poor.
- Working poor--Services for--United States.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines a broad range of state and federal programs providing cash or in-kind benefits to low-wage workers, low-income families, and families making the transition from welfare to work to assess the ability of the work support system to lead to self-sufficiency"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Redistribution through work
- Work support programs
- Program design
- State-level benefits
- The cost of living
- From welfare to work supports
- Who gets what?
- Racing up to the bottom
- A work in progress.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813414
- 9781280813412
- 1280813415
- 9780815797982
- 0815797982
- OCLC:
- 475993003
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