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Supporting Work in Illinois: The Challenges Ahead
Publication Date: April 2007
Publisher(s): Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty
Author(s): Kinsey Alden Dinan; Nancy K. Cauthen
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Topic: Labor (Labor conditions, wages, salaries, and benefits)
Social conditions (Public welfare and social services)
Keywords: work supports; low-wage work
Type: Report
Coverage: Illinois
Abstract:
Using the Family Resource Simulator, Supporting Work in Illinois shows how benefit losses can outweigh increases in earnings. In all localities discussed, and in both single- and two-parent families, workers face similar challenges as they try to get ahead. The report offers policy strategies that better reward work.