| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. -- from back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor policy -- United States.
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Labor policy. |
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United States. |
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Minimum wage -- United States.
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Minimum wage. |
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Working poor -- United States.
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Unskilled labor -- United States.
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Working poor. |
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Unskilled labor. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
| Added Author |
Luce, Stephanie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: What works for workers?. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2013] (DLC) 2013030555 |
| ISBN |
9781610448192 (electronic book) |
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1610448197 (electronic book) |
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9780871545718 (alkaline paper) |
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0871545713 |
| Standard No. |
40023620717 |
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