Work and the Well-Being of Poor Families with Children: When Work is Not Enough

This book evaluates the effectiveness of multiple policy proposals--including those of the Biden Administration--in reducing poverty among families with children. The authors argue that no single policy is sufficient in itself; successful programs rely on some combination of increased work effort, higher wages, and government benefits.

Andrea L. Ziegert is Julian H. Robertson, Jr. professor of economics at Denison University.

Dennis Sullivan is emeritus professor of economics at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.