About This Book
A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, six volumes edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg.
CRYSTAL EASTMAN was secretary at the New York State Employers Liability commission.
A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, six volumes edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg.
CRYSTAL EASTMAN was secretary at the New York State Employers Liability commission.
Published in 1909, this report is a result of a New York State Conference of Charities and Correction–appointed study on the essentials and cost of a normal standard of living in the cities and towns of the state, followed by a detailed analysis of the compiled data of workingmen's budgets.
ROBERT COIT CHAPIN was Horace White Professor of economics and finance in Beloit College, Wisconsin.
For three months beginning August 1, 1912, Mr. Carstens was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to study the actual working of public pensions to widows with children in certain western communities.
C.C. CARSTENS was secretary of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
A volume in the Pittsburgh Survey, edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg. The Pittsburgh Survey had been planned by the editors of "Charities and The Commons" before the organization of the Russell Sage Foundation. The Charities Publication Committee accepted and assumed responsibility for the project.
ELIZABETH BEARDSLEY BUTLER was secretary of the Consumers League of New Jersey.
A report sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Consumers' League of Maryland in 1909, this book studies female workers in mercantile stores in Baltimore. While this report deals only with one set of industrial conditions in a single city, it is suggestive of other cities in the country.
ELIZABETH BEARDSLEY BUTLER was secretary of the Consumers League of New Jersey.
A directory of the organizations employing trained visiting nurses, with chapters on the principles, organization and methods of administration of such work.
YSSABELLA WATERS, Henry Street Nurses’ Settlement, New York City
A report on the findings of a study of the loan businesses in New York City from 1907-1908, part of a larger set of studies of fiscal agencies exploiting the necessities of the poor. The study was commissioned by the Bureau of Social Research of the New York School of Philanthropy, published by the Russell Sage Foundation.
CLARENCE W. WASSAM, Bureau of Social Research, New York School of Philanthropy
Published jointly by the Committee for Vocational Scholarship of the Henry Street Settlement and the Committee on Women's Work of the Russell Sage Foundation.
HENRIETTE R. WALTER, Investigator Division of Industrial Studies, Russell Sage Foundation
The unemployment insurance (UI) system took a hard hit during the Great Recession and has not yet recovered. UI remains a complex set of state-run programs that suffer from limited and inconsistent coverage, inconsistent wage replacement rates, uncertain duration of benefits, regressive taxation, and insolvency.
The overrepresentation of minorities within the criminal justice system and the negative effects of criminal justice involvement on employment outcomes have been well documented. In addition, many social psychology experiments and audit studies have found that race affects the perception of criminality. For instance, black and Hispanic male job applicants without a criminal record are no more likely (and may be less likely) to receive a callback from an employer than white applicants with a criminal record.