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The Minimum Wage: Issues To Consider, 1999 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine Jan 1999

The Minimum Wage: Issues To Consider, 1999 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine

Bureau of Labor Education

The current minimum wage of $5.15 is clearly inadequate to support any family — only a oneperson household can stay above the federal poverty guidelines on a full-time minimum wage job. The minimum wage will continue to decline in its real value, putting individuals, families and especially children at growing risk of poverty. This economic hardship is heightened by the fact that many of the new jobs being created in the U.S. economy are low-wage service jobs, often without benefits. With a growing consensus that a minimum wage increase is not likely to harm employment, there is overwhelming evidence that …


Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences On Gender, Age, And Skill Composition, Michael J. Greenwood, John M. Mcdowell Jan 1999

Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences On Gender, Age, And Skill Composition, Michael J. Greenwood, John M. Mcdowell

Upjohn Press

The authors develop empirical models that enable them to examine the influence of two important determinants - source country characteristics and U.S. immigration policy - on the gender, age, and skills of immigrants coming to America.


Is There A Caring Crisis?, Amy L. Wax Jan 1999

Is There A Caring Crisis?, Amy L. Wax

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Caring Enough: Sex Roles, Work And Taxing Women, Amy L. Wax Jan 1999

Caring Enough: Sex Roles, Work And Taxing Women, Amy L. Wax

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Racial Discrimination In ‘Everyday’ Commercial Transactions: What Do We Know, What Do We Need To Know, And How Can We Find Out?, Peter Siegelman Dec 1998

Racial Discrimination In ‘Everyday’ Commercial Transactions: What Do We Know, What Do We Need To Know, And How Can We Find Out?, Peter Siegelman

Peter Siegelman

No abstract provided.