,Supporting Work in Illinois: The Challenges Ahead

Supporting Work in Illinois: The Challenges Ahead


 

Publication Date: April 2007

Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty

Author(s): Kinsey Alden Dinan; Nancy K. Cauthen

Research Area: Labor; Social conditions

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.