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Tables of Contents for Making Work Pay
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Working Principles: From Ending Welfare to Rewarding Work
vii
A Clean Sweep: The SEIU's Organizing Drive for Janitors Shows How Unionization Can Raise Wages
1
20
Ending Poverty as We Know It
21
17
Holding Out
38
2
Vermont: The Greening of Welfare
40
6
The Welfare Shell Game
46
2
Tough Sanctions, Tough Luck
48
3
How Welfare Offices Undermine Welfare Reform: The Fine Art of Dissuading People From Collecting Benefits
51
17
Leave No Child Behind?: The Inconsistent, Inefficient, and Unfair Way We Support---And Fail to Support---Our Kids
68
10
Child's Play: Why Universal, High-Quality Day Care Should Be Elementary
78
12
Support for Working Families: What We Can Learn from Europe About Family Policies
90
18
Martha Jernegons's New Shoes: The Contribution of Local Living-Wage Ordinances
108
14
Ladders to a Better Life: The Role of Career-Ladder Strategies in Making Work Pay
122
24
The Other Gender Gap: Why Women Still Fail to Receive Comparable Wages for Comparable Work
146
8
Two Cheers for the Earned Income Tax Credit: It's Great, But No Substitute for Decent Wages
154
10
Welfare That Works: The Case for More Generous Formulas to Reward Paid Work
164
17
Skills and the Wage Collapse: Better Education and Training are only Half the Story
181
15
Reforming Welfare Reform: What Reform Wrought, and What Must Be Done Now
196
23
About the Contributors
219