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dc.contributor.authorNeumark, Daviden
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-28-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:29:51Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:29:51Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34831-
dc.description.abstractThe principal means by which individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency is through labor market earnings. As a consequence, it is natural for policy makers to look to interventions that increase the ability of individuals and families to achieve an adequate standard of living from participating in the labor market - a goal that has become even more prominent in the post-welfare reform era in the United States. This paper discusses some key policies that are used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages, subsidizing work, and increasing skill formation. Specifically, it reviews evidence on some of the main policies currently in place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school-to-work programs. Finally, it considers alternative policies that have recently been proposed.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3355en
dc.subject.jelJ18en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMinimum wagesen
dc.subject.keywordliving wagesen
dc.subject.keywordearned income tax crediten
dc.subject.keywordwage subsidiesen
dc.subject.keywordschool-to-worken
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktpolitiken
dc.subject.stwNiedrigeinkommenen
dc.subject.stwLebensstandarden
dc.subject.stwAktivierende Sozialhilfeen
dc.subject.stwMindestlohnen
dc.subject.stwLohnsubventionen
dc.subject.stwSteuerbegünstigungen
dc.subject.stwBerufseinstiegen
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Mindestsicherungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleAlternative labor market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency: mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and raising productivity-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn560201389en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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