Better Workers for Better Jobs: Improving Worker Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market

Research and Commentary

A Hand Up: A Strategy to Reward Work, Expand Opportunity, and Reduce Poverty

Jason Bordoff, Jason Furman and Paige Shevlin , Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, December 12, 2007

Research and Commentary

Employment-Based Tax Credits for Low-Skilled Workers

John Karl Scholz, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 12, 2007

Research and Commentary

New Hope: Fulfilling America’s Promise to “Make Work Pay”

Hans Bos, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian and Heather D. Hill, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 12, 2007

Research and Commentary

Worker Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market: The Importance of 'Good Jobs'

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer and Julia I. Lane, The Brookings Institution, October 01, 2003

Past Event

The Plight of Low-Wage Workers In a Global Economy

Tuesday, June 30, 1998
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Expert

William T. Dickens

Expert

Harry J. Holzer

Research and Commentary

How the Recession’s Affecting Immigration

Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution, November 19, 2009

Research and Commentary

Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills

Jeffrey R. Kling, The Brookings Institution, May 08, 2009

Research and Commentary

Increasing Employment, Skills and Earnings

Martha Ross, Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, April 20, 2009

Research and Commentary

Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families

Alan Berube, David Park and Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, June 05, 2008

Research and Commentary

New Economy Safety Net: A Proposal to Enhance Worker Adjustment Programs

Lael Brainard, Democracy Journal, March 20, 2008

Research and Commentary

Trade and Globalization

Lael Brainard, Senate Committee on Finance, June 06, 2007

Research and Commentary

Strengthening the Nation's Safety Net

Lael Brainard, The Hill, June 05, 2007

Research and Commentary

How Effective are Existing Programs in Helping Workers Impacted by International Trade?

Lael Brainard, House Committee on Education and Labor, March 26, 2007

Research and Commentary

Meeting the Challenge of Income Instability

Lael Brainard, Joint Economic Committee Hearing, February 28, 2007

Research and Commentary

Services Offshoring, American Jobs, and the Global Economy

Lael Brainard and Robert E. Litan, Perspectives on Work, December 01, 2005

Research and Commentary

What's Ahead After The GDP's Big Surge

George L. Perry, The Brookings Institution, October 31, 2003

Research and Commentary

Worker Capitalists? Giving Employees an Ownership Stake

Douglas L. Kruse and Margaret M. Blair, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1999

Expert

Joel Rogers