You Can't Fix What You Don't Measure
How Alice Can Help Rebuild the Middle Class
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10399129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie M Hoopes (State Innovation Exchange, corresponding author), Stephanie Hoopes (National ALICE Research Project at United For ALICE), Dan Treglia (0000-0003-3612-9669, University of Pennsylvania and National ALICE Research Project at United For ALICE, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 777-783 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/puar.13085 |
| OpenAlex | W2964645298 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
Seventy percent of Americans identify as middle class, but one in three middle‐income households do not earn enough to support their family at the most basic level, and four in five do not earn enough to afford a sustainable budget. This incongruity explains the increasing frustration of many workers. Yet official government measures do not capture this reality, and as a result, policy makers continue to create economic policies that perpetuate the structural mismatch between wages and costs. This Viewpoint essay addresses these shortcomings. After reviewing alternatives to the federal poverty level, it argues that the most realistic and accurate floor to the middle class is the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Household Survival Budget. The essay then turns to policies that help realign wages and cost of living and presents initiatives that are being implemented in states across the country. Four policy areas would enable more workers to support their families and fulfill the promise of being middle class in America: meaningful work with stable and sufficient wages, upskilling and digital retooling, fiscal cushion for periods of financial instability, and affordable credit
Asset (computer security · Business · Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Market economy · Middle class · Middle income · Political science · Poverty · Remedial education · Work (physics · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |