From Welfare to Working Poor: Prioritizing Practice in Research on Employment-Training Programs for the Poor.

Riemer, Frances Julia

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ERIC Number: EJ576625

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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From Welfare to Working Poor: Prioritizing Practice in Research on Employment-Training Programs for the Poor.

Riemer, Frances Julia

Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v28 n1 p85-110 Mar 1997

Uses data from an ethnographic study of two companies in which welfare recipients obtained employment to examine the move from welfare to work. The analysis of the transitions from welfare to work of 23 women and men highlights the necessity of additional education to upgrade job status. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employment Qualifications, Ethnography, Job Training, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Research Methodology, Welfare Recipients, Working Poor

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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