Publications

The Wages of Exclusion: Low-Wage Work and Inequality by Heather Boushey and Shawn Fremstad, New Labor Forum, Summer 2008

Working Families and Economic Security in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports by Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray, and Hye Jin Rho, Center for Economic and Policy Research, May 2008

Movin' On Up: Reforming America's Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class by Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray, Liz Chimienti, and John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research, February 2008

Communicating About Poverty and Low-Wage Work: A New Agenda by Matthew C. Nisbet, The Mobility Agenda and Inclusion
October 2007

Social Inclusion for the United States
Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, and Margy Waller
April 2007

Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, and Margy Waller, Center for Economic and Policy Research, The Mobility Agenda, Inclusion
March 2007

The Economic and Fiscal Effects of the Senate's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act
Shawn Fremstad, National Immigration Law Center
September 26, 2006

New Goals and Outcomes for Temporary Assistance: State Choices in the Decade after Enactment
Margy Waller and Shawn Fremstad, The Brookings Institution
August 16, 2006

Poor Relief for Working Families: Why Aren't Unemployment Compensation and Temporary Assistance More Responsive When Low-Wage Workers Experience Income Declines?
Shawn Fremstad and Arloc Sherman
August 28, 2006

Redefining Public Education for the 21st Century: Toward a Guarantee of Two Years of Education and Training for America's Workers
Shawn Fremstad and Andy Van Kluenen, Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy
May-June 2006

Taking the High Road: How States Should Meet TANF's New Participation Standards
Shawn Fremstad and Jason Walsh, The Workforce Alliance
February 28, 2006

Missing the Point Entirely: A Misleading Argument for Including TANF in Budget Reconciliation
Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, and Margy Waller, Center for Community Change
December 2005

Breaking Faith and the Congressional Budget Act: Why TANF Reauthorization Doesn't Belong in Budget Reconciliation
Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, and Margy Waller, Center for Community Change
December 2005

Social Inclusion and Social Policy in the United States
Shawn Fremstad
October 2005

Winning by Losing Well
Rachel Gragg and Deepak Bhargava, The American Prospect
July 3, 2005

Working Papers from Some of Our Friends

War of Ideas, Part II
Andrew Rich, City College of New York

What Welfare Requires from Work
Noah Zatz, UCLA Law School of Law
August 22, 2006

Welfare to What?
Noah Zatz, UCLA School of Law
February 24, 2006

The Color of Devolution: Race, Federalism, and the Politics of Social Control
Joe Soss, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Richard Fording, University of Kentucky
Sanford F. Schram, Bryn Mawr College

Eradicating Child Poverty in Scotland in an Era of Devolution
Doug Steiger, Atlantic Fellowship Paper
July 2004