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

Halpern-Meekin, Sarah, author, Edin, Kathryn, 1962- author, Tach, Laura, author, Sykes, Jennifer, author

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Subject: Working poor United States History 20th century. / Public welfare United States History 20th century. / Tax credits United States.
• ISBN: 9780520275348, 0520275349, 9780520275355, 0520275357

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD8072.5.H35 2015	1	BOOK	BUSINESS