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Author:

Newman, Katherine S., 1953-

Title:

Chutes and ladders : navigating the low-wage labor market / Katherine S. Newman.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 405 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Minorities--Employment--New York.--New York.
Career development--United States.
Social mobility--United States.
Working poor--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
United States--Economic policy--1993-2001.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Minderheden.
Armoede.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Lives, in the long run -- The best-case scenario / Katherine S. Newman and Chauncy Lennon -- High flyers, low riders, and the "up but not out" club -- All in the family -- The national picture / Helen Connolly, Peter Gottschalk, and Katherine S. Newman -- Streetwise economics / Victor Tan Chen and Katherine S. Newman -- "This is the kind of life I want" : work and welfare in the boom years -- Dreams, deferred : aspirations and obstacles in work and family life -- Opening the gates -- Appendix A: Study design -- Appendix B: Sample definitions -- Appendix C: Occupational prestige scores and the socioeconomic index -- Appendix D: SIPP analysis of wage and status change.

ISBN:

9780674023369
0674023366

LCCN:

2006044340

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)