Analyzes 1979 unemployment statistics in the Chinatowns of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Presents a composite qualitative account, based on case studies, of their underlying labor system. Reports that Chinatown workers characteristically remain attached to the ethnic labor market, despite its low wages and employment instability. (KH)

Compares working conditions of documented and undocumented Dominicans in New York City. Concludes that one of the most important functions served by the illegal alien population in a surplus labor region like New York City resides primarily in its greater controllability by employers in the secondary labor market. (RDN)

Adult literacy programs in New York City serve persons with a wide range of employment needs and expectations. Information from the Literacy Assistance Center provides the following impressions about the adult learner population: (1) approximately one-half of the students attending programs are working, but lengthy periods of unemployment among…

Federal and State employment data were examined in a study of the industrial, occupational, and job segmentation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites by sex in New York City's private sector. Primary focus was placed on the effects of the city's growing service-oriented economy on the employment patterns of Blacks and Hispanics. The study found that…

Argues that current job-training policy in New York City is based on a false premise. Poor education is a serious problem, but the most important failure, the one on which economic policy must focus, is the failure of employers to provide an adequate number of jobs at living wages. (SLD)

Presents youth employment as the principal casualty of cities' transformation from manufacturing- to service-oriented economies. They have been squeezed out of growth sectors and are increasingly employed in retail industries with few opportunities to work with adults or acquire meaningful skills. School-based interventions are proposed. (SA)

This report is the first product of the Community Service Society's Economic and Social Monitoring Unit which analyzes and forecasts the status of the poor in New York City (NYC). The report documents the following major findings: (1) nationwide, there are now fewer elderly and more minorities and women among the poor; the trends in New York City…

Most of the job losses that occurred in New York City after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred in low-wage jobs held by lower-skilled workers. Many of those affected faced multiple obstacles limiting their employment prospects, including limited literacy and English language skills and a lack of "connections" to…

Employment, earnings, and poverty among single mothers in New York City and across the United States in the age of welfare reform were examined to identify goals and recommendations for reauthorization of legislation regulating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The study indicated that although job holding by single mothers has risen…