Jobs aren't enough : toward a new economic mobility for low-income families
Roberta Rehner Iversen, Annie Laurie Armstrong
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2006
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| Authors: | Iversen, Roberta Rehner |
| Other Persons: | Armstrong, Annie Laurie (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press |
| Subject: | Niedrigeinkommen | Low income |
| Description of contents: |
Job opportunity is a myth for 25% of U.S. wage earners
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| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xii, 284 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Are Jobs Enough for Economic Mobility?; 2 From the Old to the New Economic Mobility; 3 The Parents: Their Backgrounds, Lives, and Locations; 4 The Children: Their Lives and Worlds; 5 Workforce Development: Systems and Networks; 6 Yesterday's Firms and Today's Families: Connects and Disconnects; 7 Children's Schools, Parents' Work, and Policy: Alignment and Misalignment; 8 Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward an Agenda for Family Economic Mobility; Afterword: What Lies Ahead for the New Orleans Families after Hurricane Katrina? Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions about the Research in this Book: Research DesignAppendix B: Industry, Firm, Occupation, and Wage Information and Projections; Appendix C: Resident Family Composition and Family Story References; Notes; References; Index; Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 1-59213-357-6 ; 1-59213-356-8 ; 978-1-59213-355-0 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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