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Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States

03.01.21007 | Center for Economic Policy Research | Inclusion - The Mobility Agenda | Defines low-wage work. provides a description of the low-wage labor market, and examines the extent to which opportunity exists for workers to move out of the low-wage labor market and into better-paying jobs. | Read

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State

09.01.2001 | Prepared for the Washington Association of Churches, the Washington Living Wage Movement and the Washington Self-Sufficiency Standard Committee. | Read

Six Strategies for Family Economic Self-Sufficiency, Washington State Project

How much money does it take for families to live and work without public or private assistance or subsidies? The Self-Sufficiency Standard measures how much income is needed, for a family of a given composition in a given place, to adequately meet its basic needs--without public or private assistance. | Read

Promising State Asset Development Policies: Promoting Economic Well-Being Among Low-Income Households, A Resource Guide for Policymakers and the Public,

04.02.2001 | Intended to serve as a resource guide for policymakers and the public, this document examines the promise of both new and longstanding, but updated policies and provides detailed descriptions of programs that enable low-income individuals to build income, human capital, and financial assets. | Read

Minimum Wage Careers?

08.01.1999 | A small but non-trivial number of NLSY respondents spend 25%, 50%, or even 75% of the first ten years of their career on minimum or near-minimum wage jobs. The results indicate that lifetime incomes of some workers may be supported by a minimum wage. | Read