Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor
By (Author) Daniel P. Gitterman
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Brookings Institution
28th December 2009
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Welfare and benefit systems
362.5820973
Physical Properties
Paperback
180
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 13mm
272g
Description
When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not workhence much of the stigma that some attach to the program. Gitterman focuses on two sets of policy instruments that have been used to aid the working poor since the early twentieth century: the federal tax code and the minimum wage.
Author Bio
Daniel Gitterman is Duncan MacRae '09 and Rebecca Kyle MacRae Professor and Chair of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also serves as Director of the Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs in DC.
