Making the work-based safety net work better
Subtitle: forward-looking policies to help low-income families
By: Carolyn J. Heinrich and John Karl Scholz, editors.
Contributors: Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Scholz, John Karl.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780871544667
Subjects: Working poor -- Government policy -- United States; Poor families -- Government policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making the work-based safety net work better / Carolyn Heinrich and John Karl Scholz; title: Alternative labor market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency :; title: Mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and raising productivity / David Neumark; title: On work and health among the american poor / Jayanta Bhattacharya and Peter Richmond; title: Parental pathways to self-sufficiency and the well-being of younger children / Greg J. Duncan, Lisa Gennetian, and Pamela Morris; title: School reforms and improved life outcomes for disadvantaged children / David N. Figlio; title: 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; title: The growing problem of disconnected single mothers / Rebecca Blank and Brian Kovak; title: Beyond the safety net : supporting the economic security of working poor families / Marcia K. Meyers and Janet C. Gornick; title: The politics of low-income families in the United States / R. Kent Weaver.