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Asset Building and Low Income Families
Signe-Mary McKernan and Michael Sherraden
Low-income families have scant savings to cushion a job loss or illness, and can find economic mobility impossible without funds to invest in education, homes, or businesses. And though a lack of resources leaves such families vulnerable, income-support programs are often closed to those with a bit of savings or even a car. Considering welfare-to-work reforms, the increasingly advanced skill demands of the American workforce, and our stretched Social Security system, such an approach is inadequate to lift families out of poverty. Asset-based policies—allowing or even helping low-income families build wealth—are an increasingly popular strategy to facilitate financial stability.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Urban Institute
Pages: 300 •
978-0-87766-754-4 • Paperback • October 2008 •
$47.00
• (£36.00)
978-0-87766-827-5 • eBook • October 2008 •
$44.50
• (£35.00)
Series:
Urban Institute Press
Subjects:
Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Asset Building and Low Income Families
Paperback
$47.00
Summary
Summary
Low-income families have scant savings to cushion a job loss or illness, and can find economic mobility impossible without funds to invest in education, homes, or businesses. And though a lack of resources leaves such families vulnerable, income-support programs are often closed to those with a bit of savings or even a car. Considering welfare-to-work reforms, the increasingly advanced skill demands of the American workforce, and our stretched Social Security system, such an approach is inadequate to lift families out of poverty. Asset-based policies—allowing or even helping low-income families build wealth—are an increasingly popular strategy to facilitate financial stability.
Details
Details
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Urban Institute
Pages: 300 •
978-0-87766-754-4 • Paperback • October 2008 •
$47.00
• (£36.00)
978-0-87766-827-5 • eBook • October 2008 •
$44.50
• (£35.00)
Series:
Urban Institute Press
Subjects:
Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
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