Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor
Author:   Daniel P. Gitterman
Publisher:   Brookings Institution
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9780815702856


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor


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When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not work-hence much of the stigma that some attach to the program. Gitterman focuses on two sets of policy instruments that have been used to aid the working poor since the early twentieth century: the federal tax code and the minimum wage.

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Author:   Daniel P. Gitterman
Publisher:   Brookings Institution
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
ISBN:  

9780815702856


ISBN 10:   081570285
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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Daniel P. Gitterman is associate professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has also taught at Duke, Stanford, and Harvard universities. He has published widely on health care and antipoverty policy.

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