Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor

ISBN-13: 9780815703082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 194 str.

Daniel P. Gitterman

Opis

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. This book examines the degree to which they have succeeded in lifting low-wage workers and their families out of poverty.