Economic and Labor Market Trends

Author: 
Nightingale, Demetra Smith and Michael Fix
Periodical: 
Children of Immigrant Families, The Future of Children, Vol.14, Issue 2, pp. 49-52
Year: 
2004
Publisher: 
Princeton-Brookings
Description: 

Trends in the U.S. economy and labor force over the past 30 years have implications for the workforce and for low-wage workers and their families in particular.  This article discusses the increased diversity in the workforce, the growing need for low-skilled workers, the skills gap between high- and low-skilled workers, and the number of working poor in the United States.

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