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The Resource What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers, Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors

What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers, Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 349 pages
Contents
  • 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
  • An economy that works for workers
  • 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
  • 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
Isbn
9781610448192
Instance
Label
What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers
Title
What works for workers?
Title remainder
public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers
Statement of responsibility
Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
331.12/0424
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HD8072.5
LC item number
.W465 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Luce, Stephanie
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  • Unskilled labor
  • Working poor
  • Minimum wage
  • Labor policy
  • Labor policy
  • Minimum wage
  • Unskilled labor
  • Working poor
  • United States
  • Arbeitsmarktpolitik
  • Niedriglohn
Label
What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers, Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • An economy that works for workers
  • 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
  • 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
Control code
ocn855491752
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xii, 349 pages
Isbn
9781610448192
Lccn
2013030555
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40023620717
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780871545718
  • (OCoLC)855491752
Label
What works for workers? : public policies and innovative strategies for low-wage workers, Stephanie Luce, Jennifer Luff, Joseph A. McCartin, and Ruth Milkman, editors
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • An economy that works for workers
  • 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
  • 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
Control code
ocn855491752
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xii, 349 pages
Isbn
9781610448192
Lccn
2013030555
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40023620717
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780871545718
  • (OCoLC)855491752

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