Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better

by Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Scholz, John Karl

• ISBN13: 9780871544667
• ISBN10: 0871544660
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better	p. 1
Challenges Faced by Adults in Achieving Self-Sufficiency Through Work	p. 23
Alternative Labor-Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Increasing Productivity	p. 25
On Work and Health Among the American Poor	p. 79
Improving Children's Chances of Becoming Self-Sufficient Adults	p. 115
Parental Pathways to Self-Sufficiency and the Well-Being of Younger Children	p. 117
School Reforms and Improved Life Outcomes for Disadvantaged Children	p. 149
Addressing Barriers to Self-Sufficiency for Particularly Disadvantaged Groups	p. 183
The Impact of Incarceration on the Employment Outcomes of Former Inmates: Policy Options for Fostering Self-Sufficiency	p. 185
The Growing Problem of Disconnected Single Mothers	p. 227
Policy Ideas From Other Countries and the Politics of Changing the Work-Based Safety Net	p. 259
Beyond The Safety Net: Supporting the Economic Security of Working-Poor Families	p. 261
The Politics of Low-Income Families in the United States	p. 292
Index	p. 339
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