| Description |
vii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy
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National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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? -- Macroeconomy and determinants of the earnings of less-skilled workers / Robert E. Hall -- Impact of technological change on low-wage workers : a review / David Card and John DiNardo -- 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? -- 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. |
| Subject |
Unskilled labor -- Supply and demand -- United States.
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Unskilled labor -- Supply and demand. |
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United States. |
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Unskilled labor. |
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Labor market -- United States.
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Labor market. |
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Unemployment -- United States.
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Unemployment. |
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Poverty -- United States.
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Poverty. |
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Temporary employment -- United States.
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Temporary employment. |
| Added Author |
Blank, Rebecca M.
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Danziger, Sheldon.
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Schoeni, Robert.
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| ISBN |
9780871540751 alkaline paper |
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0871540754 alkaline paper |
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