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It's not like I'm poor : how working families make ends meet in a post-welfare world
Edin, Kathryn; Halpern-Meekin, Sarah; Tach, Laura; … - 2015
This book chronicles the impact of the sweeping transformation of the social safety net that occurred in the mid-1990s. With the dramatic expansion of tax credits--a combination of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other refunds--the economic fortunes of the working poor have been bolstered as...
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A disadvantaged childhood matters more if local unemployment is high
Zwysen, Wouter - 2014
Using multilevel models on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study this paper shows that disadvantaged young adults (16-35 years old) are more affected by the business cycle than their similarly educated counterparts from more advantaged backgrounds. We propose that a disadvantaged background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459166
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A disadvantaged childhood matters more if local unemployment is high
Zwysen, Wouter - 2014
Using multilevel models on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study this paper shows that disadvantaged young adults (16-35 years old) are more affected by the business cycle than their similarly educated counterparts from more advantaged backgrounds. We propose that a disadvantaged background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461939
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Zwangsgeräumt : Armut und Profit in der Stadt
Desmond, Matthew - 2018
in möglichst viele Bibliotheken. (1) Wohnungspolitik USA …
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Giving unto others : private financial transfers and hardship among families with children
Pilkauskas, Natasha; Campbell, Colin; Wimer, Christopher - 2016
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When working isn't enough : family demographic processes and in-work poverty across the life course in the United States
Van Winkle, Zachary; Struffolino, Emanuela - 2018
welfare generosity. However, we have no knowledge on the effects of family demographic processes on in-work poverty across … traditional stratification factors for the risk of in-work poverty. Associations between family demographic processes and in …[Background:] In-work poverty, a phenomenon that engenders social exclusion, is exceptionally high in the United States …
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Family structure and the Afro-Euro poverty gap : when employment policies aren't enough
Shulman, Steven - In: The review of black political economy 29 (2001) 2, pp. 47-66
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Making work pay : the earned income tax credit and its impact on America's families
Meyer, Bruce D. (ed.); Holtz-Eakin, Douglas (contributor) - 2002
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Moving to opportunity in Boston : early results of a randomized mobility experiment
Katz, Lawrence F.; Kling, Jeffrey R.; Liebman, Jeffrey B. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001520158
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Shifting familiy definitions : the effect of cohabitation and other nonfamily household relationships on measures of poverty
Bauman, Kurt - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 36 (1999) 3, pp. 315-335
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