Moving Up or Moving on: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market?

by Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane

Book Overview

For over a decade, policy makers have emphasized work as the best means to escape poverty. However, millions of working Americans still fall below the poverty line. Though many of these "working poor" remain mired in poverty for long periods, some eventually climb their way up the earnings ladder. These success stories show that the low wage labor market is not necessarily a dead end, but little research to date has focused on how these upwardly mobile...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871540576
• ISBN13: 9780871540577
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"