Differences in the Availability of Employer-Provided Fringe Benefits Among the Working Poor, Near-Poor and


Koonce, J. C. & Mauldin, T. A. (2001).
Differences in the availability of employer-provided fringe benefits among
the working poor, near-poor and non-poor. Financial Counseling and Planning,
12(1), 79-87.

Differences
in the Availability of Employer-Provided Fringe Benefits Among the Working
Poor, Near-Poor and Non-Poor



Joan
C. Koonce1
andTeresa
A. Mauldin
2

This paper compared the
availability of employer-sponsored benefits among the working non-poor,
near-poor and poor. The percentage of workers who indicated that each of
the 11 benefits was available through their employer was higher for the
working non-poor than the other two income groups. In addition, the mean
number of fringe benefits available was higher for the working non-poor
than the working near-poor and working poor. However, there were no systematic
differences in the characteristics of the working non-poor, near-poor and
poor who lacked access to fringe benefits through their employer.

Key words: Employer-provided
benefits, Working poor



1.  Joan
C. Koonce, Associate Professor, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics,
University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602-3622. Phone: 706-542-4865. Fax:
706-542-4397. E-mail: jkoonce@fcs.uga.edu

2.  Teresa
A. Mauldin, Associate Professor, Department of Housing and Consumer Economics,
University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602-3622. Phone: 706-542-4854. Fax:
706-542-4397. E-mail: tmauldin@fcs.uga.edu