Book chapter 2009

Alternative labor-market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency: Mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and increasing productivity

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Neumark, David Edwards
Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families
Journal · pp. 25-78
Abstract

The principal means by which individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency is through labor-market earnings. As a consequence, it is natural for policymakers to look to interventions that increase the ability of individuals and families to achieve an adequate standard of living from participating in the labor market. This chapter discusses some key policies that are used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings. Copyright © 2009 by Russell Sage Foundation.

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University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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