It's not like I'm poor: how working families make ends meet in a post-welfare world

This book chronicles the impact of the sweeping transformation of the social safety net that occurred in the mid-1990s. With the dramatic expansion of tax credits--a combination of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other refunds--the economic fortunes of the working poor have been bolstered as never...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, Calif. Univ. of California Press 2015
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This book chronicles the impact of the sweeping transformation of the social safety net that occurred in the mid-1990s. With the dramatic expansion of tax credits--a combination of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other refunds--the economic fortunes of the working poor have been bolstered as never before. 'It's Not Like I'm Poor' looks at how working families plan to use their annual windfall to build up savings, go back to school, and send their kids to college. But dreams of economic mobility are often dashed by the reality of making monthly ends meet on meager wages. - Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index
Physical Description:XII, 286 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780520275348
9780520275355

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