Poverty, Income Distribution, the Family and Public Policy [microform] : A Study Prepared for the Use of the Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, 99th Congress, 2nd Session
- Bib ID:
- 5484357
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED286988
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 133 p.
- Summary:
-
This study analyzes various measures of economic well-being to establish how these may have changed over time. It concludes that while most Americans have experienced progressively higher living standards in recent decades, an underclass group has emerged without the wherewithal to support itself or improve its economic situation. Government policy has played a role in creating this state of affairs. This suggests that reform of welfare policy should take a high place in the agenda of policymakers in the near future. The major themes of the study are the following: (1) income is the best measure of economic progress and prosperity; (2) people respond actively to incentives in making economic decisions; (3) often public policy has led to results far different than what was intended, because incentive effects were not sufficiently heeded in initial policy determinations; and (4) the major cause of economic inequality in the United States is variation in labor force participation. Any meaningful change in the system should reduce the debilitating disincentive effects on work in order to induce voluntary enhanced labor force participation. (Author/PS)
- Notes:
-
- Availability: Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- War on Poverty--Victory or Defeat? [microform] : Hearing before the Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session (June 20, 1985)
- Economic Status of Women. Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee. Congress of the United States, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session [microform]
- American Women Workers in a Full Employment Economy. A Compendium of Papers Submitted to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Stabilization of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, 95th Congress, 1st Session, September 15, 1977 [microform]
- The Impact of Robotics on Employment. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Policy of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Eighth Congress. First Session [microform]
- The Role of Older Women in the Work Force. Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee. Congress of the United States, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session [microform]