The State of Working America
1992-93
2nd Edition
Published on 31. July 1993
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-1-56324-211-3 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on a variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, employment, wealth, health care and poverty, this text provides a portrait of the living standards of Americans in the mid-1990s. It contains up-to-date data from the US Census.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Armonk
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56324-211-3 (9781563242113)
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07/1993
2nd Edition
M.E. Sharpe
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10/1991
1st Edition
M.E. Sharpe
€178.27
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Persons
Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, John Schmitt
Content
Executive Summary, Introduction, Presentation & Methodology, Acknowledgements, CHAPTER 1: Family Income: Slow and Unequal Growth, CHAPTER 2: Taxes: A Further Cause of Worsening Inequality, CHAPTER 3: Wages: Working Longer for Less, CHAPTER 4: Jobs: Worsening Underemployment, CHAPTER 5: Wealth: Losses for Most, Gains for Few, CHAPTER 6: Poverty: High Rates of Poverty Unresponsive to Economic Expansion, CHAPTER 7: Regional Analysis: The Differences in Growth by Region and Residence, CHAPTER 8: Losing Access to Basic Necessities: Education, Housing, Health Care, and Child Care, CHAPTER 9: International Comparisons: The United States is Falling Behind, Table Notes, Figure Notes, Appendix, Bibliography