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Old assumptions, new realities : economic security for working families in the 21st century / Robert D. Plotnick ... [et al.].

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Old assumptions, new realities : economic security for working families in the 21st century / Robert D. Plotnick ... [et al.].
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Plotnick, Robert D.
Description
xii, 257 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Social security > United States
  • United States > Social policy > 21st century
  • Working poor > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Old assumptions, new realities / Marcia K. Meyers, Robert D. Plotnick and Jennifer Romich -- Policies to increase economic security in the twenty-first century -- Working families at risk : understanding and confronting the new economic insecurity / Jacob S. Hacker -- Workforce development and public policy : addressing new realities in low-skill labor markets / Michael A. Stoll -- Creating opportunity at the bottom : the role of skill development and firm-level policies in improving outcomes for low-wage employees / Paul Osterman -- Asset-based policies and financial services : toward fairness and inclusion / Michael Sherraden -- Ensuring that Americans can succeed at home and at work in a global economy / Jody Heymann and Alison Earle -- The new realities of delivering safety-net programs -- Nonprofit helping hands for the working poor : the new realities and challenges of today's safety net / Scott W. Allard -- Reconstituting the safety net : new principles and design elements to better support low-income workers / Jodi R. Sandfort.
ISBN
  • 9780871546777 (alk. paper)
  • 0871546779 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2010025153
  • 40018939367
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries