Hispanic Families at Risk: The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State (2009): The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State

Hispanic Families at Risk: The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State (2009): The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare StateIn the United States, work is the key to economic success, as well as the major source of health care coverage and retirement security. While Europeans look to the State for these benefits, Americans for the most part do not. This system of employment based benefits means that those disadvantaged in the labor market are also disadvantaged in terms of health care coverage and retirement security. The authors of this work examine the overrepresentation