Chutes and Ladders Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market |
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| Author:
| Newman, Katherine S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02753-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.50 |
Book Description:
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Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. In this timely volume, Newman explores whether the poorest families benefited from the tight labor markets and good economy in the late 1990s.
Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. In this timely volume, Newman explores whether the poorest families benefited from the tight labor markets and good economy in the late 1990s.