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This volume is probably the most current and concise source of information on the employment aspects of poverty in the United States as they pertain to public assistance programs and policies extant and proposed to address the continuing problems of the working poor. Hence scholars with a bent toward policy analysis will surely find the volume exciting and useful. Additionally, because the essence of the concern for low-wage workers is that they must work long hours to achieve even a minimal income, family economists and extension family life specialists may find this book useful for examples of the reality of severe time constraints that affect family life, management skills, and consumption patterns. --The Journal of Consumer Affairs

"""This volume is probably the most current and concise source of information on the employment aspects of poverty in the United States as they pertain to public assistance programs and policies extant and proposed to address the continuing problems of the working poor. Hence scholars with a bent toward policy analysis will surely find the volume exciting and useful. Additionally, because the essence of the concern for low-wage workers is that they must work long hours to achieve even a minimal income, family economists and extension family life specialists may find this book useful for examples of the reality of severe time constraints that affect family life, management skills, and consumption patterns.""--The Journal of Consumer Affairs"

“This volume is probably the most current and concise source of information on the employment aspects of poverty in the United States as they pertain to public assistance programs and policies extant and proposed to address the continuing problems of the working poor. Hence scholars with a bent toward policy analysis will surely find the volume exciting and useful. Additionally, because the essence of the concern for low-wage workers is that they must work long hours to achieve even a minimal income, family economists and extension family life specialists may find this book useful for examples of the reality of severe time constraints that affect family life, management skills, and consumption patterns.” -- The Journal of Consumer Affairs

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Thomas R. Swartz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Notre Dame and a Fellow of the Urban Institute for Community and Educational Initiatives. He is the coeditor of Taking Sides and Urban Finance Under Siege. Kathleen Maas Weigert is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago. She also served the Center for Social Concerns and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame.

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