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Laura Lein and Luke Shaefer's Books on Poverty and Welfare Referenced in Vox

June 21, 2016

Dean Laura Lein and Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's books, “Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work” and “$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America” respectively, were both referenced in the Vox article, “‘If the goal was to get rid of poverty, we failed’: the legacy of the 1996 welfare reform”.

Laura Lein

Laura Lein
Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Professor Emerita of Social Work, and Professor Emerita of Anthropology
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H. Luke Shaefer

H. Luke Shaefer
Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Center Director, Poverty Solutions, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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