Title: Fighting working poverty in post-industrial economies : causes, trade-offs and policy solutions
Abstract: Contents: 1. The Dilemmas and Puzzles of the Fight Against Working Poverty 2. Arbitrary Definitions, Official Definitions and Useful Typologies 3. The Three Mechanisms that Lead to Working Poverty 4. Potential Solutions: Minimum Wages, Social Transfers and Childcare Policy 5. The Real World of Social Policies: The Welfare Regime Approach 6. What Works Where, and for Whom? A Meta-analytical Approach 7. The Weight of Each Working Poverty Mechanism Across Welfare Regimes 8. There is No Such Thing as 'the Working Poor' or a One-Size-Fits-All Solution Appendix: Summary Tables and Datasets Used for the Meta-analyses References
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-12-31
Language: en
Type: book
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