Reports:
Improving Work Supports: Closing the Financial Gap for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
Nancy K. Cauthen
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- Title:
- Improving Work Supports: Closing the Financial Gap for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
- Author(s):
- Cauthen, Nancy K.
- Date:
- 2007
- Type:
- Reports
- Department:
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8938
- Publisher:
- Economic Policy Institute
- Publisher Location:
- Washington, D.C.
- Abstract:
- Commissioned by the Economic Policy Institute for its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, this report describes why work support benefits are critical for low-wage workers. It explains the current state of work supports in the U.S., highlighting the need to address benefit "cliffs" and high marginal tax rates; funding constraints; and participation barriers. The report concludes with a concrete set of proposals for reform at the national level.
- Subject(s):
- Public health
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