Sar A Levitan

Biographic Data

ID201419
NAMESar A Levitan
GIVEN NAMESSar A
FAMILY NAMELevitan
SIGNATURELEVITAN S A
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Washington University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS76
TOTAL CITATIONS47
AUTHOR COUNT76
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1948
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX3

  • Critique de la position conservatrice contre les programmes de création d'emplois

    Sar A Levitan, Lorne HustonARTICLEInternational Review of Community…2016

    L'auteur critique les trois postulats sur lesquels repose l'idéologie conservatrice en matière de création d'emplois et de promotion économique : les pauvres et les chômeurs ne font pas assez d'efforts pour changer leur situation; l'assistance encourage la paresse et constitue un obstacle à l'autonomie des individus; l'intervention gouvernementale produit inévitablement des effets pervers. Il rappelle que l'histoire récente des politiques sociale…

  • Unheard Voices

    Stephen E Baldwin, Ray Marshall et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1989

  • The Working Poor

    Cheryle Broom, Cheryle A Broom et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1989

  • A Second Chance

    Burt S Barnow, Burt Barnow et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1989

  • Helping People With Labor Market Problems

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLEReview of Policy Research1987

    Those in need of employment and training programs face a variety of difficulties. Accordingly, the federal response to labor market problems has encompassed a wide range of initiatives. These include preparing people for work (through skills training, the Job Corps, work experience programs); improving the functioning of the labor market (through matching workers with jobs, establishing a minimum wage, and the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit program); a…

  • Protecting American Workers

    Theodore J St Antoine, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1987

  • Business Lobbies

    David C Jacobs, David Jacobs et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1986

  • An affirmation of faith

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLESociety1986

  • The evolving welfare system

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLESociety1986

  • Books in review

    Open AccessSar A Levitan, Robert N Wilson et al.ARTICLESociety1985

  • How the Welfare System Promotes Economic Security

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1985Cited by: 2

    Journal Article How the Welfare System Promotes Economic Security Get access Sar A. Levitan Sar A. Levitan SAR A. LEVITAN is research professor of economics and director of the Center for Social Policy Studies, The George Washington University. He is author and coauthor of numerous books and articles on social programs and poverty, including Beyond the Safety Net, The Great Society’s Poor Law, and The Promise of Greatness. Search for other works …

  • Working for the Sovereign

    Open AccessEdward Cavin, Edward S Cavin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1984Cited by: 1

  • Second Thoughts on Work

    Ellen R Auster, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1984

    This.book examines the forces which,are changing work in the 1980s and offers a concise analysis of the challenges for social policy which lie ahead. The first of nine chapters looks at changes affecting Americans' concept of work, including expectations, commitment to woxk; satisfaction, and work reform. Discussion in chapter 2 focuses on develoPment of historical views toward work. Chapter 3 looks at these topiCS affecting the survival and stre…

  • The Changing Work Place

    Open AccessSar A Levitan, CLIFFORD M JOHNSONARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1984Cited by: 2

    Contrary to popular prophecies of doom, the work place will undergo no cataclysmic transformation in the next decade. The labor force will continue to grow, as women and immigrants flock to work in increasing numbers. Computerized technologies will alter the content of many jobs, but they will neither force millions out of work nor result in dramatically different skill requirements in the labor market. Despite the flurry of interest in labor-man…

  • Pay and Pensions for Federal Workers

    Lucretia Dewey Tanner, Robert W Hartman et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1984

  • The changing workplace

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLESociety1984

  • Second Thoughts on Work

    Open AccessSar A Levitan, CLIFFORD M JOHNSONBOOKSecond Thoughts on Work1982

    Assesses the changing nature of work, the meaning of work, dissatisfaction with work, and interest in work reform

  • More Than Subsistence

    Albert Zucker, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1982

  • Budgeting states' rights

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLESociety1982

  • Program Evaluation

    Theodore H Poister, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1981Cited by: 1

  • Radicalism and Reform in the 1960s

    Allan M Winkler, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1979

  • Labor force statistics to measure full employment

    Open AccessSar A LevitanARTICLESociety1979Cited by: 1

  • Too Little but Not Too Late

    Alfred S Eichner, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1978

  • The Job Corps

    William S Bennett, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1977

  • Black Progress - and Reality

    James C Harvey, Sar A Levitan et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1977