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Title:

Working and poor : how economic and policy changes are affecting low-wage workers / Rebecca M. Blank, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni, editors.

Publisher:

Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

vii, 436 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Unskilled labor--Supply and demand--United States.
Labor market--United States.
Unemployment--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Temporary employment--United States.
Ouvriers non qualifiés--Offre et demande--États-Unis.
Marché du travail--États-Unis.
Chômage--États-Unis.
Pauvreté--États-Unis.
Travail temporaire--États-Unis.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Ongeschoolde arbeid.
Werkloosheid.
Armoede.

Other Authors:

Blank, Rebecca M.
Danziger, Sheldon.
Schoeni, Robert F.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

How is health insurance affected by the economy? : public and private coverage among low-skilled adults in the 1990s / Exploring gender differences in employment and wage trends among less-skilled workers / Helen Levy. 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.

Series:

The National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy

ISBN:

0871540754 (alk. paper)
9780871540751 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006018385

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)