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Fisher, M.

Working yet poor : A quantitative analysis for the United States - United Kingdom : Taylor & Francis, 2024.

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This study uses Current Population Survey data and econometric techniques to examine whether working poor households improve their economic wellbeing by working more hours. For working households overall, full-time work puts them in a 49–78% better position than part-time work (as measured by resources-to-need and depending on methodology). For poor families, however, full-time work makes them 1.3–2.7% better off than part-time work. The latter finding reflects that the higher earnings of full-time work come at considerable cost: lower public assistance benefits and higher medical, work, and childcare expenditures. We discuss policies that may reduce these tradeoffs for poor working households.


Text in English

ISSN: 1087-5549 1540-7608 (Online)

Standard No.: https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2023.2173116

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quantitative analysis
Policies
Poverty reduction
Propensity score matching
Livelihoods

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States of America