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Both hands tied welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market

Both Hands Tied studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedulesand the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 nation.

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  • "Both Hands Tied studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedulesand the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 nation."@en
  • "This book studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedules and the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. The authors here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 nation."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Both Hands Tied. ; Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom of the Low-Wage Labor Market"
  • "Both hands tied welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market"@en
  • "Both hands tied welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market"
  • "Both hands tied : welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market"@en
  • "Both hands tied : welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market"
  • "Both Hands Tied Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market"@en

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