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Peer reviewedHaugen, Steven E.; Mellor, Earl F. – Monthly Labor Review, 1990
Examines how the numbers of workers with earnings at or below the federal minimum wage varies, depending on how the hourly earnings measure is computed. (Author)
Descriptors: Employment Statistics, Labor Force, Low Income Groups, Minimum Wage
Peer reviewedBrown, Charles; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1983
The study finds that a 10 percent increase in the federal minimum wage (or the coverage rate) would reduce teenage (16-19) employment by about one percent, which is at the lower end of the range of estimates from previous studies. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Economic Factors, Employment Projections, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Johnson, Jennifer – 2002
The lives of working-class women were explored through interviews with 63 middle-aged women, most of whom were employed in working-class jobs and living working-class lives in Baltimore, Maryland. The following were among the areas covered in the interviews: the women's lives on and off the job; their job satisfaction; the reasons they work and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Caregivers, Definitions, Disadvantaged
