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White Papers
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Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)
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A Work Bonus for Men
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Low-income men have witnessed a two-decade trend of increased unemployment and decreased school enrollment. Far too many adult males have slid into the "underclass" and stayed there -- a phenomenon reflected in broken homes, overflowing prisons, and entire neighborhoods bereft of responsible male role models. In her Memo to the Next President , PPI Policy Analyst Katie Campbell encourages the next administration to expand the policy tool that makes work pay: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable tax credit that supplements the wages of workers in minimum-wage and low-paying jobs. |
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A Work Bonus for Men (pages: 6)
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