2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Policy debates about whether wages and benefits from work provide enough
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resources to achieve economic self-sufficiency rely on data for workers,
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not working families. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we
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find that almost two-thirds of families working full time earn enough to
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cover a basic family budget, but that less than a quarter of low-income
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families do. A typical low-income full-time working family with wages
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below a family budget would need to earn about \$11.00 more per hour to
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cover expenses. This wage gap is larger for black, Hispanic, and
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immigrant families. Receipt of employer-provided benefits varieshealth
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insurance is more prevalent than pension plans-and both are less
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available to low-income families, and black, Hispanic, and immigrant
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working families. Findings suggest that without policies to decrease
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wage inequality and increase parents'' access to jobs with higher wages
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and benefits, child opportunity gaps by income, race--ethnicity, and
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nativity will likely persist.'
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affiliation: 'Joshi, P (Corresponding Author), Brandeis Univ, Heller Sch Social Policy
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\& Management, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453 USA.
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Joshi, Pamela; Walters, Abigail N.; Noelke, Clemens; Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores, Brandeis
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Univ, Human Dev \& Social Policy, Heller Sch Social Policy \& Management, Waltham,
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MA 02453 USA.'
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author: Joshi, Pamela and Walters, Abigail N. and Noelke, Clemens and Acevedo-Garcia,
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Dolores
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author-email: pamjoshi@brandeis.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Joshi
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given: Pamela
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- family: Walters
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given: Abigail N.
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- family: Noelke
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given: Clemens
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- family: Acevedo-Garcia
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given: Dolores
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.5.04
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eissn: 2377-8261
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files: []
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issn: 2377-8253
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journal: RSF-THE RUSSELL SAGE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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keywords: wages; self-sufficiency; race-ethnicity; nativity; low-income
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keywords-plus: CHILD-CARE; EMPLOYMENT; WELFARE; WORK
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language: English
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month: AUG
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '75'
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pages: 67-95
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papis_id: 86850f8c337dbc2e5cca5b9cf854c040
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ref: Joshi2022familiesjob
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times-cited: '6'
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title: 'Families'' Job Characteristics and Economic Self-Sufficiency: Differences
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by Income, Race-Ethnicity, and Nativity'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000841670600004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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volume: '8'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
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year: '2022'
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