Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers
Catalog Record Details
Category:
Book
Title:
Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers
Editor:
Blank, Rebecca M.
Danziger, Sheldon H.
Schoeni, Robert F
Publisher:
New York: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication Year:
2006
Series:
The National Poverty Center Series on Poverty and Public Policy
Subject:
Unskilled labor -- Supply and demand -- United States
Labor market -- United States
Unemployment -- United States
Poverty -- United States
Temporary employment -- United States
Call Number:
HD 5724 B543 2006
Chapters:
- Work and Poverty During the Past Quarter-Century. Blank, Rebecca M.
Danziger, Sheldon H.
Schoeni, Robert F.. pp1-20.
- Exploring Gender Differences in Employment and Wage Trends Among Less-Skilled Workers. Blank, Rebecca M.
Shierholz, Heidi. pp23-58.
- Wage Trends Among Disadvantaged Minorities. Borjas, George J.. pp59-86.
- The Macroeconomy and Determinants of the Earnings of Less-Skilled Workers. Hall, Robert E.. pp89-112.
- The Impact of Technological Change on Low-Wage Workers: A Review. Card, David
DiNardo, John. pp113-140.
- The Changing Pattern of Wage Growth for Low-Skilled Workers. French, Eric
Mazumder, Bhashkar
Taber, Christopher. pp141-172.
- The Level and Composition of Consumption over the Business Cycle: The Role of "Quasi-Fixed" Expenditures. Charles, Kerwin Kofi
Stephens, Melvin, Jr.. pp175-204.
- Recent Trends in Resource Sharing Among the Poor. Haider, Steven J.
McGarry, Kathleen. pp205-232.
- Economic Conditions and Children's Living Arrangements. London, Rebecca A.
Fairlie, Robert W.. pp232-262.
- How Do Tax Policies Affect Low-Income Workers?. Hassett, Kevin A.
Moore, Anne. pp265-288.
- State Spending on Social Assistance Programs Over the Business Cycle. McGuire, Therese J.
Merriman, David F.. pp289-311.
- Temporary Agency Employment: A Way Out of Poverty?. Autor, David
Houseman, Susan. pp312-337.
- Child Support and the Economy. Cancian, Maria
Meyer, Daniel R.. pp338-365.
- Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Does it Meet the Needs of Less-Skilled Workers?. Levine, Philip B.. pp366-395.
- How is Health Insurance Affected by the Economy? Public and Private Coverage Among Low-Skilled Adults in the 1990s. Levy, Helen. pp396-426.
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