A Path to Ending Poverty by Way of Ending Unemployment: A Federal Job Guarantee
Poverty in the United States, one of the world’s most wealthy and prosperous nations, is persistently high. Despite a complex array of social insurance programs in place, 43.1 million people remain in poverty. Because unemployment is a strong predictor of poverty, we propose a permanent federal job...
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| Language: | English |
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Russell Sage Foundation
2018-02-01
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| Series: | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.03 |