This timely investigation reveals how sustained Tight Labor Markets improve the job prospects and life chances of America\'s most vulnerable households Most research on poverty focuses on the damage caused by persistent unemployment.
Moving the Needle is an urgent and original call to implement policies that will maintain the current momentum and prepare for potential slowdowns that may lie ahead.
They also consider the downside of overheated economies that can ignite surging rents and spur outmigration.
Jacobs investigate the most durable positive consequences of Tight Labor markets.
Newman and Elisabeth S.
Drawing on over seventy years of quantitative data, as well as interviews with employers, jobseekers, and longtime residents of Poor neighborhoods, Katherine S.
But What happens when jobs are plentiful and workers are hard to come by? Moving the Needle examines how very low unemployment boosts wages at the bottom, improves benefits, lengthens job ladders, and pulls the unemployed into a booming job market.
This timely investigation reveals how sustained Tight Labor Markets improve the job prospects and life chances of America\'s most vulnerable households Most research on poverty focuses on the damage caused by persistent unemployment
