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Publication Date: August 2007
Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty
Author(s): Kinsey Alden Dinan
Research Area: Labor; Social conditions
Keywords: work supports; low-wage work
Type: Fact sheet
Coverage: Michigan
Abstract:
Many of Detroit’s parents struggle to support their children, despite full-time work. This fact sheet shows that work supports—such as the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and child care subsidies—can help. But reforms are needed to ensure that these policies effectively support workers in the transition from low-wage work to economic self-sufficiency.