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Product Description: Both Hands Tied studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedulesâand the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid...read more
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9780226114057 | Univ of Chicago Pr, May 1, 2010, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Both Hands Tied studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers.
Paperback:
9780226114064, titled "Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market" | Univ of Chicago Pr, May 1, 2010, cover price $28.00
Product Description: King and Mueser examine changes in welfare participation and labor market involvement of welfare recipients in six major cities during the 1990s. By focusing on these six cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, and Kansas City) they are able to glean the extent to which differences in state and local policy, administrative directives, and local labor market conditions contribute to the trends in caseloads, employment, and well-being observed among former recipients...read more
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9780880993197 | W E Upjohn Inst for, June 30, 2005, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: King and Mueser examine changes in welfare participation and labor market involvement of welfare recipients in six major cities during the 1990s.
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9780880993180 | W E Upjohn Inst for, June 30, 2005, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: King and Mueser examine changes in welfare participation and labor market involvement of welfare recipients in six major cities during the 1990s.
Product Description: An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping a job, struggling to balance the demands of work and family, health care, child care, and unemployment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780765603326 | M E Sharpe Inc, March 1, 1999, cover price $175.00 | About this edition: An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations.
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9780765603333 | M E Sharpe Inc, March 1, 1999, cover price $52.95 | About this edition: An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations.
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