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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Low-wage"”.
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Spatial Mismatch for Low-Wage Workers in post-Katrina New Orleans
… and employment) from central-cities reinforces low-income, overwhelmingly African-American isolation and immobility. This study contributes to the New Orleans literature by providing a pre- and post-Katrina snapshot of spatial mismatch. The analysis addresses research questions aimed at gauging …
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Lived experiences of low-wage, working women in Texas without paid postpartum leave
… study explored the lived experiences of low-wage, working women (LWWW) in Texas without paid postpartum leave (PPL). The USA remains one of the few countries in the world that does not provide the formal, functional social support of PPL. Postpartum is one of the most sensitive times for …
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Juggling Demands and Resources: Low Wage Women Making Sense of Bill-Paying Hardships
… study, using grounded theory, examined how 19 low wage working women use global meaning to make sense of lived experiences with bill-paying hardships. Two themes with subthemes and corresponding meaning making processes emerged into a conceptual framework. The first theme is caring for others …
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Work Family Outcomes: Examining Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Flexibility in the Context of Low Wage Work
<p>Low wage workers are faced with unique challenges such as shift work, scheduling conflicts, and increased job demands, all of which have the capacity to prevent work and family balance. Recently, supportive supervisors and flexible work arrangements have been suggested as essential to mitigating …
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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO'S LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES OF WORKERS IN LOW-WAGE OCCUPATIONS'
… of 2004 the City of Santa Fe enacted a living wage ordinance requiring an $8.50 minimum wage, the largest increase of a universal coverage municipal wage floor over its previous prevailing minimum of any municipal living wage law preceding it. Using occupational employment and wage estimates …
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Towards a theory of logistics urbanism: how the transport fix, racialized low-wage labor, and engagement with the state define Chicago’s role as the inland port city of North America
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Understanding the motives, behaviors, and experiences of low wage and low skill individuals who have experienced job loss, on deciding whether to seek career services through the State of Illinois CareerOneStop in Champaign County
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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Essays on bids and offer matching in the labor market
… of the different institutions for determining wages and conducting the hiring process in the market for new entrants to white collar jobs. The first essay analyzes how does a firm announce and commit to a wage prior to deriving specific information about applicants' productivity and the …
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Using Network Analysis of Job Transitions to Inform Career Advice
… occupations that are connected by significant flows of workers and focusing on the paths that lead from precarious occupations, we can identify areas of the labor market that offer dependable channels to upward mobility and areas that do not, where workers could benefit from additional guidance. …
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The Transition From Welfare to Work: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Women's Employment Patterns
… the creation of jobs which pay a living wage as low-wage work does not prevent poverty. The need for greater local employment opportunities and increased transportation options for city residents is also clear.
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Beyond Wages and Employment: Do Minimum Wages Affect Management Practices?
… research has examined the impact of minimum wages on employment. Yet less explored is whether and how these mandatory wage increases affect the broader spectrum of management practices and job quality. Compensating differentials theory posits that low-wage employers will diminish non-wage …
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The political and economic influences on the Mexican Industrialization Program
… the jobs of workers who are in competition with lower wages in developing countries might threaten the viability of coproduction. Critics also predict that social unrest stimulated by exploitative work conditions endanger this arrangement in the developing country. However, this paper concludes …
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Consuming Poverty: The Unexpected Politics of Food Aid in an Era of Austerity
… Today, the typical food stamp recipient is a low-wage worker who does not earn enough to afford basic household necessities like food. Far from a simple return to Keynesian welfare policy, the growth of food assistance reflects a broader restructuring of the US welfare state, which …
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Labor market channels: perceptions of Vietnamese immigrants on accessing jobs in Chicago
… have little choice beyond underemployment in low wage jobs while struggling to earn a living. Employment history, education credentials, language skills and social networks are among the most well-known factors that lead immigrants towards niche employment. However, niche employment is also a …
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Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies
… their poverty impacts in general, and minimum wages and wage subsidies in particular, both in terms of the theoretical and descriptive analyses provided. Various possible modelling approaches are explored, with careful consideration of the advantages and limitations of each. A rich set of model …
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The spatial mismatch hypothesis and Cape Town : a qualitative study on overcoming the barriers to job access
… with employees, owners and managers within the low-skilled employment sector. The use of informal social networks is shown to be frequently used within the low-skilled sector, by both employers and employees. Information concerning job vacancies and opportunities for the low-skilled, low-wage …
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Domestic-made versus imported men's dress shirts:college men's attitudes and quality perception
… domestic- made shirts and those imported from a low-wage country, and (2) to evaluate the relative effects of price, brand name, and country-of-origin on perception of quality of men's dress shirts. A convenience sample of 120 male undergraduate students registered at Virginia Tech completed …
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Testing the social polarization hypothesis in Johannesburg, South Africa
… of predominantly either high-skill, high-pay or low-skill, low-pay jobs, has grown. Thus, the decline of manufacturing and the growth of the service sector are argued to result in a more polarised society. Low-wage, low-skill service sector jobs are also argued to attract poorly-educated, …
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