Understanding low-wage work in the United States.

Autor/inn/en	Boushey, Heather; Fremstad, Shawn; Gragg, Rachel; Waller, Margy
Institution	Center for Economic and Policy Research (Washington, DC)
Titel	Understanding low-wage work in the United States. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis der Niedriglohnbeschäftigung in den Vereinigten Staaten.
Quelle	Washington: Center for Economic and Policy Research (2007), 22 S.; 980 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Mobilitätsbarriere; Begriff; Altersstruktur; Soziale Sicherung; Sozialversicherung; Arbeitsbedingungen; Lohnentwicklung; Lohnhöhe; Lohnpolitik; Mindestlohn; Niedriglohn; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufsgruppe; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Qualifikationsstruktur; Sektorale Verteilung; Vereinigte Staaten
Abstract	"Over 40 million jobs in the United States-about one in three-pay low wages. Unlike good jobs, most low-wage jobs do not offer employment benefits such as health insurance or retirement accounts, tend to have inflexible or unpredictable scheduling requirements, and provide little opportunity for career advancement. Globalization, automation, outsourcing, and other economic forces have all contributed to a changing domestic labor market. All too often low-wage jobs are replacing jobs that have traditionally supported a broad middle class. While there is considerable public concern about the erosion of the middle class, national policy-makers have done little in the last decade to improve the pay and conditions of low-wage work. The next decade could be one of considerable progress for improving low-wage jobs. In November 2006, voters in six states boosted state minimum wages, and voters in even more states elected candidates who pledged to increase the federal minimum wage and take steps to improve the economy for everyone. Yet relatively little agreement exists about the policies (beyond raising the minimum wage) that can improve these jobs, even among experts studying low-wage work. The Mobility Agenda staff is developing a menu of new ideas and strategies for improving lowwage work, a set of options that goes beyond minimum wage to strengthen the labor market and build an economy that works for everyone. Our focus is on improving wages, benefits, and other conditions of low-wage work. We seek to encourage further public debate about the significance of low-wage work and to promote discussion among stakeholders-workers, employers, policymakers, academics, community organizers, and others-about the extent to which a more direct focus on the labor market and economic policy is necessary to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of low-income families.1 In this report, we define low-wage work and provide a description of the low-wage labor market. We also examine the extent to which opportunity exists for workers to move out of the low-wage labor market and into better-paying jobs." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: deskriptive Studie; empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1973 bis 2006. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2007/4