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Improving Work Supports: Closing the Financial Gap for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
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.
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- Academic Units
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Publisher
- Economic Policy Institute
- Series
- Making Work Supports Work Publications
- Series
- EPI briefing paper, 198
- Published Here
- June 11, 2010