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

By Fredrick Andersson, Simon Burgess, H. Holzer, J. Lane. 2005

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The economic costs of childhood poverty in the United States (2008, background): “For instance, if there are a limited number of high-wage jobs in the economy for less educated workers (Andersson, Holzer, and Lane 2005), then childhood poverty might restrict the ability of individuals to compete for those jobs, but ultimately the ‘causes’ of their low earnings would include…”
Poverty and the American Family: A Decade in Review (2010, background): “Anderson et al.; Lein et al.). E. K. Scott, Edin, London, and Kissane (2004), in a qualitative, longitudinal welfare study, for example, found that those leavers with the most work activity and highest wages were those receiving the most cash and in-kind network support. Meyers and Lee (2003) found ”