
Declining Returns to Low-Wage Work in Wisconsin
- Anna Walther
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- 2019
Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.