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1 online resource (x, 348 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Making the work-based safety net work better / Carolyn 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 and an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of current corrections policy / Steven Raphael -- The growing problem of disconnected single mothers / Rebecca Blank and Brian 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poor families -- Government policy -- United States.
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Poor families. |
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Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Working poor -- Government policy -- United States.
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Working poor -- Government policy. |
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Working poor. |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Scholz, John Karl.
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Heinrich, Carolyn J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Making the work-based safety net work better. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2009 (DLC) 2008050601 |
| ISBN |
9781610446440 (electronic book) |
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1610446445 (electronic book) |
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9780871544667 (alkaline paper) |
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0871544660 (alkaline paper) |
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