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“Act Now on Fair Wages for Home
Care Workers,” The Hill.
See note 83.
See note 88.
Rachel Tardiff (September 17,
2013), “Caring Across Generations
Applauds New Labor Regulations
Protecting In-Home Care Workers,”
Domestic Workers Alliance.
The National Community Tax
Coalition (2013), “EITC “13 for ’13”
Fact Sheet.”
Chuck Marr, Jimmy Charite, and
Chye-Ching Huang (April 9, 2013),
“Earned Income Tax Credit Promotes Work, Encourages Children’s
Success at School, Research Finds,”
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Chuck Marr, Jimmy Charite, and
Chye-Ching Huang (April 9, 2013),
“Earned Income Tax Credit Promotes Work, Encourages Children’s
Success at School, Research Finds,”
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Jane Waldfogel (May 2012), “The
War on Poverty and the safety net
for families with children,” Columbia University.
The White House (February 13,
2012), “Fact Sheet: The President’s
Plan to Reward Work by Raising
the Minimum Wage,” Office of the
Press Secretary.
See note 23.
Shawn Fremstad (February 14,
2013), “Raising Minimum Wage
to $9 Not Enough to Ensure that
Families with Fulltime Workers
Live Above Poverty Line,” Blog,
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Natalie Sabadish and Doug Hall
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crease?” Blog, The Economic Policy
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100 See Infoplease.com: Federal Minimum Wage Rates, 1955-2012; Bread
for the World Institute calculation
based on (1996) constant dollars.
See http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/
A0774473.html.
101 Heidi Shierhoilz (July 11, 2013),
“Lagging minimum wage is one
reason why most Americans’ wages
have fallen behind productivity,”
Economic Policy Institute.
102 See note 3.
103 Ibid.
104 Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil (2012), Prosperity Economics:
Building an Economy for All.
105 Jared Bernstein (February 14, 2013),
“Raising the Minimum Wage:
The Debate Begins…Again,” On
the Economy: Fact, Thoughts and
Commentary on the Economy by
Jared Bernstein.
106 Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Jeffrey Thompson (October 2010),
Combining Minimum Wage and
Earned Income Tax Credit Policies to
Guarantee a Decent Living Standard to
All U.S. Workers, Political Economy
Research Institute, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.
107 Ibid.
108 Ibid.
109 Anastasia Christman, Amy
Masciola, Robert Masciola, Shelly
Sperry, Paul Sonn (July 2013),
Taking the Low Road: How the Federal
Government Promotes Poverty-Wage
Jobs Through its Contracting Practices,
National Employment Law Center.
110 Amy Traub and Robert Hiltonsmith (June 2013), “Underwriting
Bad Jobs: How Our Tax Dollars are
Funding Low-Wage Work and Fueling Inequality,” Demos.
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