Federal Minimum Wage, Tax-Transfer Earnings Supplements, and Poverty

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Economic policy.

Families.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Examines how minimum wage and Federal tax-transfer policies affect income of minimum wage full-time workers in four different family types, including single childless workers; workers supporting a married couple; single mothers with two children; and married couples with two children. Provides policy background, and addresses considerations that apply to debates on raising minimum wage and alternatives to raising minimum wage. Includes tables

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Federal Minimum Wage, Tax-Transfer Earnings Supplements, and Poverty

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-DSP-0191

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