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Working and poor : how economic and policy changes are affecting low-wage workers /
Over the last three decades, large-scale economic developments, such as technological change, the decline in unionization, and changing skill requirements, have exacted their biggest toll on low-wage workers. These workers often possess few marketable skills and few resources with which to support t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
©2006.
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| Colección: | National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is changing in the labor market for low-skilled workers, and why?
- Exploring gender differences in employment and wage trends among less-skilled workers / Rebecca M. Blank and Heidi Shierholz
- Wage trends among disadvantaged minorities / George J. Borjas
- How do economic trends affect less-skilled workers?
- The macroeconomy and determinants of the earnings of less-skilled workers / Robert E. Hall
- The impact of technological change on low-wage workers : a review / David Card and John DiNardo
- The changing pattern of wage growth for low-skilled workers / Eric French, Bhashkar Mazumder, and Christopher Taber
- How do macroeconomic changes influence well-being measures beyond income?
- The level and composition of consumption over the business cycle : the role of "quasi-fixed" expenditures / Kerwin Kofi Charles and Melvin Stephens Jr.
- Recent trends in resource sharing among the poor / Steven J. Haider and Kathleen McGarry
- Economic conditions and children's living arrangements / Rebecca A. London and Robert W. Fairlie
- How do policy changes interact with the economy and economic well-being?
- How do tax policies affect low-income workers? / Kevin A. Hassett and Anne Moore
- State spending on social assistance programs over the business cycle / Therese J. McGuire and David F. Merriman
- Temporary agency employment : a way out of poverty? / David Autor and Susan Houseman
- Child support and the economy / Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Unemployment insurance over the business cycle : does it meet the needs of less-skilled workers? / Phillip B. Levine
- How is health insurance affected by the economy? : public and private coverage among low-skilled adults in the 1990s / Helen Levy.