Putting poor people to work : how the work-first idea eroded college access for the poor

Kathleen M. Shaw, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo and Jerry A. Jacobs

Introduction -- The emergence of the work-first prescription -- Welfare reform and access to postsecondary education: national trends -- The implementation of welfare reform: consistency and change -- The workforce investment act: investment or disinvestment? -- The implementation of WIA: does the rhetoric match the reality? -- The power of work-first: implications and future trends

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Year of publication:	c 2006
Authors:	Shaw, Kathleen M. ; Goldrick-Rab, Sara ; Mazzeo, Christopher ; Jacobs, Jerry A.
Publisher:	New York, NY : Russell Sage Foundation
Subject:	Arbeitsmarktintegration \| Labour market integration \| Unterschicht \| Lower class \| Bildungschancen \| Equality of opportunity in education \| Soziale Lage \| Social situation \| Privater Haushalt \| Household \| Beschäftigungsfähigkeit \| Employability \| Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| USA \| United States \| Arbeitsförderung \| Hochschulbildung \| Ungleichheit \| Arbeitsverhältnis \| Armut \| Höhere Schule \| Sozialpolitik \| Reform
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Extent:	X, 199 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-187) and index IntroductionThe emergence of the work-first prescription -- Welfare reform and access to postsecondary education: national trends -- The implementation of welfare reform: consistency and change -- The workforce investment act: investment or disinvestment? -- The implementation of WIA: does the rhetoric match the reality? -- The power of work-first: implications and future trends. Introduction -- The emergence of the work-first prescription -- Welfare reform and access to postsecondary education: national trends -- The implementation of welfare reform: consistency and change -- The workforce investment act: investment or disinvestment? -- The implementation of WIA: does the rhetoric match the reality? -- The power of work-first: implications and future trends
ISBN:	0-87154-775-9 ; 978-0-87154-775-0
Classification:	Einkommen, Beschäftigung, Arbeitsmarkt ; Bildung und Beruf
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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