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

Author
Newman, Katherine S., 1953- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Unioversity Press, 2006.
Description
xii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    "Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends to a large degree on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. Katherine S. Newman explores whether the poorest workers and families benefited from the tight labor markets and good economic times of the late 1990s." "To supplement her ethnographic portraits, Newman examines the national picture, showing that patterns around the country paralleled the findings from some of New York's most depressed neighborhoods. More than a story of the shifting fortunes of the labor market, Chutes and Ladders asks probing questions about the motivations of low-wage workers, the dreams they have for the future, and their understanding of the rules of the game."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Lives, in the long run
    • 2. The best-case scenario / Katherine S. Newman and Chauncy Lennon
    • 3. High flyers, low riders, and the "up but not out" club
    • 4. All in the family
    • 5. The national picture / Helen Connolly, Peter Gottschalk and Katherine S. Newman
    • 6. Streetwise economics / Victor Tan Chen and Katherine S. Newman
    • 7. "This is the kind of life I want" : work and welfare in the boom years
    • 8. Dreams, deferred : aspirations and obstacles in work and family life
    • 9. Opening the gates
    • App. A. Study design
    • App. B. Sample definitions
    • App. C. Occupational prestige scores and the socioeconomic index
    • App. D. SIPP analysis of wage and status change.
    ISBN
    0674023366
    LCCN
    2006044340
    International Article Number
    • 9780674023369
    RCP
    C - S
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