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Working to Reduce Poverty: A National Subsidized Employment Proposal

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant, Julie Kerksick, Dan Bloom, Ajay Chaudry
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2018, 4 (3) 64-83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.04
Indivar Dutta-Gupta
aCo-executive director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, 303 Gewirz Student Center, 120 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
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Kali Grant
bSenior policy associate with the Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, 303 Gewirz Student Center, 120 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
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  • For correspondence: kag245@georgetown.edu
Julie Kerksick
cSenior policy advocate with the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, 728 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
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Dan Bloom
dDirector, Health and Barriers to Employment Policy Area, MDRC, MDRC, 16 East 34th St., New York, NY 10016
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Ajay Chaudry
eSenior fellow at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
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vol. 4 no. 3 64-83
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.04

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2377-8253
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  • Published online February 1, 2018.

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  1. Indivar Dutta-Gupta (id141{at}georgetown.edu)a,
  2. Kali Grant (kag245{at}georgetown.edu)b,
  3. Julie Kerksick (jkerksick{at}communityadvocates.net)c,
  4. Dan Bloom (dan.bloom{at}mdrc.org)d and
  5. Ajay Chaudry (ac1154{at}nyu.edu)e
  1. Co-executive director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
  2. Senior policy associate with the Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
  3. Senior policy advocate with the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute
  4. Director, Health and Barriers to Employment Policy Area, MDRC
  5. Senior fellow at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
  6. aCo-executive director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, 303 Gewirz Student Center, 120 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
  7. bSenior policy associate with the Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, 303 Gewirz Student Center, 120 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
  8. cSenior policy advocate with the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, 728 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
  9. dDirector, Health and Barriers to Employment Policy Area, MDRC, MDRC, 16 East 34th St., New York, NY 10016
  10. eSenior fellow at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
  1. Corresponding authors:
    Indivar Dutta-Gupta, (id141{at}georgetown.edu); Kali Grant, (kag245{at}georgetown.edu); Julie Kerksick, (jkerksick{at}communityadvocates.net); Dan Bloom, (dan.bloom{at}mdrc.org); Ajay Chaudry, (ac1154{at}nyu.edu)
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Feb 2018, 4 (3) 64-83; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.04
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    • Abstract
    • WORKERS LEFT OUT
    • WORK AND POVERTY
    • SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT AS AN UNTAPPED STRATEGY
    • A NEED FOR FEDERAL SUPPORT
    • EXPECTED EFFECTIVENESS
    • A NATIONAL SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY
    • PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING DISBURSEMENT
    • PROGRAM BENEFIT AND SUBSIDY CONFIGURATION
    • WORKER ELIGIBILITY AND TARGETING
    • EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY
    • TARGETING OF JOB PLACEMENTS
    • PROPOSED FUNDING
    • BUILDING EVIDENCE AND MEASURING SUCCESS
    • CONCLUSION
    • APPENDIX: FORMULA FUNDING FOR STATES
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