Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy

, by Kazis, Richard; Miller, Marc S.

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ISBN: 9780877667056 | 0877667055
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/2001

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Acknowledgments

xiii

Opportunity and Advancement for Low-Wage Workers: New Challenges, New Solutions

(18)

Richard Kazis

PART 1 Who Are the Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy? Who Employs Them?

(70)

Playing by the Rules, but Losing the Game: Americans in Low-Income Working Families

(24)

Gregory Acs

Katherin Ross Phillips

Daniel McKenzie

Low Earners: Who Are They? Do They Have a Way Out?

(22)

Anthony P. Carnevale

Stephen J. Rose

Employers in the Low-Wage/Low-Skill Labor Market

(22)

Paul Osterman

PART 2 Program and Policy Priorities: Strategies to Help Low-Wage Workers Advance

(114)

Staying On, Moving Up: Strategies to Help Entry-Level Workers Retain Employment and Advance in Their Jobs

(20)

Anu Rangarajan

Promoting Access to Better Jobs: Lessons for Job Advancement from Welfare Reform

111

(24)

Julie Strawn

Karin Martinson

Sustained Employment and Earnings Growth: Experimental Evidence on Earnings Supplements and Preemployment Services

135

(16)

Charles Michalopoulos

Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency through Asset Building: Opportunities for Low-Income Workers

151

(14)

Colleen Dailey

Ray Boshara

Stepping Up: State Policies and Programs Promoting Low-Wage Workers' Steady Employment and Advancement

165

(38)

Carol Clymer

Brandon Roberts

Julie Strawn

PART 3 Different Strokes: Overcoming Barriers Facing Particular Groups

203

(78)

Increasing Economic Security for Low-Wage Women Workers

205

(18)

Vicky Lovell

Heidi Hartmann

Career Advancement Prospects and Strategies for Low-Wage Minority Workers

223

(16)

Harry J. Holzer

Latino Low-Wage Workers: A Look at Immigrant Workers

239

(20)

Sonia M. Perez

Cecilia Munoz

Increasing Opportunities for Living Wage Employment: Targeted Industry Approaches for Less-Educated Males

259

(22)

John Foster-Bey

Beata Bednarz

PART 4 Institutions That Can Improve Low-Wage Workers' Prospects: Community Colleges, Employers, and Labor Unions

281

(82)

Second Chances in Changing Times: The Roles of Community Colleges in Advancing Low-Skilled Workers

283

(24)

W. Norton Grubb

Opening College Doors for Disadvantaged Hispanics: An Assessment of Effective Programs and Practices

307

(20)

Edwin Melendez

Carlos Suarez

Workplace Education Investments and Strategies for Lower-Wage Workers: Patterns and Practices in Employer-Provided Education

327

(20)

Amanda Ahlstrand

Max Armbruster

Laurie Bassi

Dan McMurrer

Mark Van Buren

Union Innovations: Moving Workers from Poverty into Family-Sustaining Jobs

347

(16)

Brian J. Turner

About the Editors

363

(2)

About the Contributors

365

(6)

Index

371

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