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Mothers' Work and Children's Lives

Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform

Rucker C. Johnson, University of California-Berkeley
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
Rachel E. Dunifon, Cornell University
with Barbara Ray

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This book examines the effects of work requirements imposed by welfare reform on low-income women and their families. The authors pay particular attention to the nature of work—whether it is stable or unstable, the number of hours worked in a week and the regularity and flexibility of work schedules. They also show how these factors make it more difficult for low-income women to balance their work and family requirements.
157 pp. 2010.
$40 cloth 978-0-88099-358-6
$18 paper 978-0-88099-356-2
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Pension Policy

The Search for Better Solutions

John A. Turner, Pension Policy Center

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Turner identifies the current problems facing pension policy for U.S. employer-provided pension plans and recommends solutions to those problems based on his examination of pension systems in other industrialized nations.
239 pp. 2010
$40 coth 978-0-88099-355-5
$20 paper 978-0-88099-354-8
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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

Essays in Honor of Vernon M.Briggs Jr.

Charles J. Whalen, Utica College and Cornell University, Editor

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“This marvelous book is not simply a festschrift in honor of one of the finest human resource economists on the planet, but a spectacular set of well-researched essays by leading social scientists reminding us of the great debate over the causes of unemployment and inequality in U.S. labor markets that first took place in the early 1960s. This volume’s first-rate analysis of structural unemployment, training, immigration policy, and the economics of disability should not be missed.” –Barry Bluestone, Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
305 pp. 2010
$40 cloth 978-0-88099-361-6
$20 paper 978-0-88099-359-3
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Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?

Business Organization and High-Tech Employment in the United States

William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Lazonick explores the origins of the new era of employment insecurity and income inequality, and considers what governments, businesses, and individuals can do about it. He also asks whether the United States can refashion its high-tech business model to generate stable and equitable economic growth.
357 pp. 2009.
$45 cloth 978-0-88099-351-7
$25 paper 978-0-88099-350-0
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The International Law of Economic Migration

Toward the Fourth Freedom

Joel P. Trachtman, Tufts University

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"Joel Trachtman is an eminent legal jurist on international trade. Here he extends his range to issues of international migration, demonstrating a rare ability to bring his acute analytical powers to bear on the economics, ethics, and politics of this complex subject. The result is a beautiful volume that no student or policymaker can afford to miss." - Jagdish Bhagwati
417 pp. 2009.
$45 cloth 978-0-88099-349-4
$25 paper 978-0-88099-348-7
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Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility
of Workers

Bridging Research and Practice

Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago, Editors

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The contributors to this book provide a provocative assessment of the effectiveness of various policies and practices designed to help disadvantaged segments of our population overcome the obstacles in their path to upward economic mobility.
227 pp. 2009.
$40 cloth ISBN 978-0-88099-353-1
$20 paper ISBN 978-0-88099-352-4
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Counting Working-Age People with Disabilities

What Current Data Tell Us and Options for Improvement

Andrew J. Houtenville, David C. Stapleton, Robert R. Weathers II, and Richard V. Burkhauser, Editors

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This book provides a systematic review of what current statistics and data on working-age people with disabilities can and cannot tell us, and how the quality of the data can be improved to better inform those interested in this at-risk population.
430 pp. 2009.
$45 cloth 978-0-88099-347-0
$22 paper 978-0-88099-346-3
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Against the Tide

Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth

Carolyn H. Hill, Georgetown University
Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University and Urban Institute
Henry Chen, Harvard Business School

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The authors examine the effects of household structure on young adults and how these effects might have contributed to the negative trends in educational and employment outcomes observed for young minorities over time.
181 pp. 2009.
$40 cloth 978-0-88099-342-5
$16 paper 978-0-88099-341-8
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The Power of a Promise

Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo

Michelle Miller-Adams

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In the first comprehensive account of the Kalamazoo Promise, Michelle Miller-Adams addresses both the potential and challenges inherent in place-based universal scholarship programs and explains why this unprecedented experiment in education-based economic renewal is being emulated by scores of cities and towns around the nation.
257 pp. 2009.
$40 cloth ISBN 978-0-88099-340-1
$18 paper ISBN 978-0-88099-339-5
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Working After Welfare

How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

Kristin S. Seefeldt University of Michigan

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Seefeldt offers insights into the lives of women who left welfare for work.
171 pp. 2008.
$40 cloth 978-0-88099-345-6
$18 paper 978-0-88099-344-9
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