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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
Between the end of World War II and 1973, the share of Americans living in poverty fell by half.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
Since 1973, the overall poverty rate has remained largely unchanged.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
Economic changes led to stagnant and declining wages at the bottom of the wage distribution, especially among men with a high school diploma or less, and demographic changes saw a near doubling of the fraction of all families with children that were headed by a single parent.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
The problems of falling wages and single parenthood are intertwined.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
As the wages of men with a high school education or less began to tumble, the employment rates of these men also fell, and, in turn, the share who could support a family above the poverty line began to decline and with it the professed willingness of low-income mothers and fathers to marry.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. economy grew robustly, and poverty rates declined.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
The national poverty rate remained largely unchanged throughout the 1980s and 1990s, despite several sustained periods of economic growth.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
The explanation for today's persistent poverty begins with low wages.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
During the twenty five years following the end of World War II, earnings marched steadily upward.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
(2007)
Gordon
Berlin
By 1973, the real weekly earnings of private sector, non farm, nonsupervisory production workers stood at $650, more than 60 percent higher than in 1947.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Electronic
Economics
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