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The State of Working America: 1996-97
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Comments/Reviews
Description: The State of Working America, 1996-97 presents a statistical portrait of the standard of living of America's working families based on the most recent data available. By thoroughly analyzing areas such as family income, taxes, wages, jobs, wealth, and poverty, the authors show how the current economy is reflected in the lives of American workers. This new edition updates all statistical data and includes a chapter on regional differences.
Selected Contents:
Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Introduction: The Living Standards Debate; Documentation and Methodology
1. Family Income: Slow Growth, Rising Inequality
2. Taxes: A Further Cause of Rising Inequality
3. Wages: Working Longer for Less
4. Jobs: Growing Employment Instability
5. Wealth: More for the Wealthy, Financial Decline and Insecurity for the Majority
6. Poverty: High Rates Persist Despite Overall Growth
7. Regional Analysis: Uneven Job Growth, Consistent Wage Losses
8. International Comparisons: The United States Is Falling Behind in Productivity and Wage Growth
Review(s): "The authors ... cover an impressive amount of ground, analyzing several large government-collected data sets (e.g., the Current Population Survey) and many secondary sources." -- Choice
"The authors have used a wide variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth and poverty to examine the impact of the economy on the living standards of the American people. One of the central themes of this valuable book is the great disparities they found." -- Race Relations Abstracts
"The biannual publication of The State of Working America is a looked-for event by anyone who is interested in what is happening to American families." -- Why. Challenging Hunger and Poverty
    
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