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Assets and the Poor - New American Welfare Policy (Hardcover): Michael Sherraden, Neil Gilbert

Assets and the Poor - New American Welfare Policy (Hardcover)

Michael Sherraden, Neil Gilbert

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This work proposes a new approach to welfare: a social policy that goes beyond simple income maintenance to foster individual initiative and self-sufficiency. It argues for an asset-based policy that would create a system of saving incentives through individual development accounts (IDAs) for specific purposes, such as college education, homeownership, self-employment and retirement security. In this way, low-income Americans could gain the same opportunities that middle- and upper-income citizens have to plan ahead, set aside savings and invest in a more secure future.

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Imprint: M.E.Sharpe
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 1990
First published: 1991
Authors: Michael Sherraden • Neil Gilbert
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-87332-618-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
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LSN: 0-87332-618-0
Barcode: 9780873326186

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