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Rethinking low pay and in‐work poverty
Author(s) -
Bennett Fran
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ippr progressive review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2573-2331
pISSN - 2573-2323
DOI - 10.1111/newe.12075
Subject(s) - poverty , confusion , focus (optics) , work (physics) , sociology , political science , psychology , engineering , law , psychoanalysis , physics , optics , mechanical engineering
There is frequent confusion in public debate and media stories between low pay and in‐work poverty. Fran Bennett argues that a focus on gender roles and relationships, and gendered access to resources, is essential to unpick the distinction between these two problems.