Wages, Prices and the National Welfare
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Prices
ISBN :
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Prices
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Author : Shaun Wilson
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1447341201
Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative. Topical and poignant, this book identifies the success of living wage campaigns as central to both welfare state change and alternatives to the Basic Income.
Author : Washington (State). Industrial Welfare Commission
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,70 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Wages
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Author : Brandon Roberts
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 24,57 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Labor market
ISBN :
Author : Joel F. Handler
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780765603333
Features case studies by twelve scholar activists who work in the areas of social welfare and low-wage labour policy, with a particular focus on low-income women with children.
Author : Jane L. Collins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226114074
Both Hands Tied studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedules—and the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 national Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and other like-minded reforms—laws that ended the entitlement to welfare for those in need and provided an incentive for them to return to work. Arguing that this reform came at a time of gendered change in the labor force and profound shifts in the responsibilities of family, firms, and the state, Both Hands Tied provides a stark but poignant portrait of how welfare reform afflicted poor, single-parent families, ultimately eroding the participants’ economic rights and affecting their ability to care for themselves and their children.
Author : Harry J. Holzer
Publisher : Public Policy Instit. of CA
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Employer attitude surveys
ISBN : 1582130574
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher :
Page : 1208 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Minimum wage
ISBN :
Considers legislation to expand minimum wage provisions to include large retail and service businesses, small telephone exchanges, restaurants, and agricultural labor, and to revise minimum wage provisions affecting independent contractors and U.S. territories and protectorates.
Author : Kristin S. Seefeldt
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0880993448
Taps into the quantitative and qualitative evidence gathered in the Women's Employment Study (WES), offering insights into the lives of women in an urban Michigan county who left welfare for work and the role their family decisions play in their labor market decisions. Describes the day-to-day struggles these women face and the reasons they tend to remain in low-wage, dead-end jobs.
Author : Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520959221
The world of welfare has changed radically. As the poor trade welfare checks for low-wage jobs, their low earnings qualify them for a hefty check come tax time—a combination of the earned income tax credit and other refunds. For many working parents this one check is like hitting the lottery, offering several months’ wages as well as the hope of investing in a better future. Drawing on interviews with 115 families, the authors look at how parents plan to use this annual cash windfall to build up savings, go back to school, and send their kids to college. However, these dreams of upward mobility are often dashed by the difficulty of trying to get by on meager wages. In accessible and engaging prose, It’s Not Like I’m Poor examines the costs and benefits of the new work-based safety net, suggesting ways to augment its strengths so that more of the working poor can realize the promise of a middle-class life.