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Klappentext Investigates the impact of three equal cost alternative labour market policies on the economic well-being of low-income families and society in general at the turn of the 21st century. This title focuses on how changes in the minimum wage, Earned Income Tax Credit, and payroll taxes influence the well-being of low-income American families. Zusammenfassung Investigates the impact of three equal cost alternative labour market policies on the economic well-being of low-income families and society in general at the turn of the 21st century. This title focuses on how changes in the minimum wage! Earned Income Tax Credit! and payroll taxes influence the well-being of low-income American families. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviated. I. Introduction. II. Ranking income distributions and measuring poverty. III. Low-income families and low-wage work. IV. New Estimates of the disemployment effects of raising the minimum wage. V. The effects of alternative labor market policies on family incomes. VI. Mobility and the effects of alternative labor markets policies on permanent poverty VII. Conclusions and policy implications.
