Descriptor
| Tables (Data) | 2 |
| Employment Opportunities | 1 |
| Employment Patterns | 1 |
| Labor Economics | 1 |
| Mothers | 1 |
| One Parent Family | 1 |
| Salary Wage Differentials | 1 |
| Statistical Bias | 1 |
| Wages | 1 |
| Welfare Reform | 1 |
Source
| Monthly Labor Review | 2 |
Author
| Lerman, Robert I. | 2 |
| Ratcliffe, Caroline | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedLerman, Robert I. – Monthly Labor Review, 1997
Earnings inequality trends are sensitive to the earnings concept and sample of workers surveyed. Inequality increased for some groups of workers, but the combined effects of changes in demand, supply, and institutions did not generate higher wage inequality in the labor market as a whole. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Labor Economics, Salary Wage Differentials, Statistical Bias
Peer reviewedLerman, Robert I.; Ratcliffe, Caroline – Monthly Labor Review, 2001
Despite a large influx of single mothers into the labor force following the passage of welfare reform in 1996, metropolitan areas generated more than enough jobs to employ them without deleterious effects on competing groups of workers. Although some single mothers have experienced slow wage growth, the wages of less-skilled workers have not…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Mothers, One Parent Family, Tables (Data)
