Working to reduce poverty: A national subsidized employment proposal
I Dutta-Gupta, K Grant, J Kerksick, D Bloom… - RSF: The Russell …, 2018 - rsfjournal.org
Subsidized employment programs that increase labor supply and demand are a proven,
underutilized strategy for reducing poverty in the short and long term. These programs use
public and private funds to provide workers wage-paying jobs, training, and wraparound
services to foster greater labor force attachment while offsetting employers' cost for wages,
on-the-job training, and overhead. This article proposes two new separate but harmonized
federal funding streams for subsidized employment that would expand automatically when …
underutilized strategy for reducing poverty in the short and long term. These programs use
public and private funds to provide workers wage-paying jobs, training, and wraparound
services to foster greater labor force attachment while offsetting employers' cost for wages,
on-the-job training, and overhead. This article proposes two new separate but harmonized
federal funding streams for subsidized employment that would expand automatically when …