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Double Trouble: US Low-Wage and Low-Income Workers, 1979-2011

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  • Randy Albelda
  • Michael Carr

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There is research on low-wage earners and on low-income adults, yet little that looks specifically at workers who are both. Changes in antipoverty programs and job structure in the United States suggest a rise in this group of workers, but not necessarily an accompanying change in the set of social protections that might cover them. We track the share of low-wage and low-income (LW/LI) workers and their access to a subset of employer benefits and antipoverty programs from 1979-2011. We explore changes by worker's gender and family status based on feminist labor market and welfare state regime research that argues jobs and social protection programs are shaped by a heteronormative male-breadwinner model. We find increased shares of LW/LI workers; that LW/LI workers are least likely to receive antipoverty supports and employer benefits; and evidence for a male-breadwinner model in US social protection programs.

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  • Randy Albelda & Michael Carr, 2014. "Double Trouble: US Low-Wage and Low-Income Workers, 1979-2011," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 1-28, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:20:y:2014:i:2:p:1-28
    DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2014.886125
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    1. Randy Albelda & Michael Carr, 2017. "One Step Forward, One Step Back? Labor Supply Effects of Minimum Wage Increases on Single Parents with Public Child Care Support," Working Papers 2017_01, University of Massachusetts Boston, Economics Department.

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