Left Behind in the Labor Market: Recent Employment Trends Among Young Black Men

Research and Commentary

Encouraging Job Advancement Among Low-Wage Workers: A New Approach

Harry J. Holzer, The Brookings Institution , May 01, 2004

Research and Commentary

Can Work Experience Programs Work for Welfare Recipients?

Harry J. Holzer, The Brookings Institution , November 02, 2002

Research and Commentary

Transitional Jobs: A Next Step in Welfare to Work Policy

Margy Waller, The Brookings Institution, May 01, 2002

Research and Commentary

Meeting the Demand: Hiring Patterns of Welfare Recipients in Four Metropolitan Areas

Harry J. Holzer and Michael A. Stoll, The Brookings Institution, May 01, 2001

Past Event

Helping Low-Income Workers Weather the Recession

Thursday, December 06, 2001
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, D.C.

Research and Commentary

Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

Harry J. Holzer, The Brookings Institution, December 10, 2008

Research and Commentary

The ""Underclass"" Revisited : A Social Problem in Decline

Paul A. Jargowsky and Rebecca Yang, The Brookings Institution, May 01, 2005

Research and Commentary

The Importance of Place in Welfare Reform: Common Challenges for Central Cities and Remote-Rural Areas

Monica G. Fisher and Bruce A. Weber, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2002

Research and Commentary

Put Unemployed Jobs Program to Work

Bruce Katz and Margy Waller, Newsday, January 22, 2002

Research and Commentary

Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform

Howard Rolston, John K. Maniha and Nancye Campbell, The Brookings Institution, March 03, 2002

Research and Commentary

The High Cost of Being Poor: Reducing the Costs of Living for Working Families

Matt Fellowes, National Community Tax Coalition Annual Conference, October 13, 2006

Research and Commentary

The Behavioral Aspects of Poverty

Isabel V. Sawhill, The Public Interest, September 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

Welfare Reform and Devolution: Looking Back and Forward

Mark Greenberg, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2001

Expert

Gary Burtless

Research and Commentary

Task Force on Work, Poverty and Opportunity

Bruce Katz, United States Conference of Mayors, June 02, 2006

Research and Commentary

Event Summary: The American Dream and Ending Welfare

The Brookings Institution, September 22, 2004

Research and Commentary

The Future of Middle-Skill Jobs

Harry J. Holzer and Robert I. Lerman , The Brookings Institution , February 26, 2009

Research and Commentary

Good Side of Health Costs

Mark Muro and Matt Fellowes, The Denver Post, December 21, 2004

Research and Commentary

From Welfare to Work: Making Welfare a Way Station, Not a Way of Life

Isabel V. Sawhill, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Help Wanted: Connecting Inner-City Job Seekers with Suburban Jobs

Bruce Katz and Katherine Allen, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1999