Working Poor

Resources in this category:

A Profile of the Working Poor, 2003
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2003.pdf

This is the most current government report on the status of working people at or below the poverty line in the United States. This report is supplemented with graphs, tables and statistics.

Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwag...

This comprehensive site provides facts at a glance, tables, charts, publication and resources in regards to the U.S. minimum wage.

Economic Policy Institute: Viewpoints
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_viewpoints_bou...

"This testimony was presented by EPI economist Heather Boushey before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday, February 14, 2002." This testimony gives a framework for understanding how social policy affects low income Americans.

Multinational Monitor: The Hierarchy of Income Inequality in the United States
http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviews...

This is an interview with Jared Bernstein, a co-director of research at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C., in which he is interviewed about income inequality in the U.S.

Raising the National Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
http://www.raiseminwage.org/

This site contains resources arguing both for or against an increase in the minimum wage and how it would affect the poor. All resources are relatively recent (year 2000 and later).

The Brookings Institution: The Plight of the Working Poor
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/childrensroundtable/issue2.htm

This is a succinct paper written by David Ellwood of Harvard University outlining the effects of social policy on low-income Americans.

The Racial Wealth Divide Project
http://www.racialwealthdivide.org/index.html

This is a comprehensive site seeks to "deepen the understanding and analysis about the historical and contemporary barriers to wealth creation and its negative impact on society". Site provides articles, both archived and new, and links to resources.