The State of Working America - 1994-95

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS, Executive Summary, Introduction, Documentation and Methodology, CHAPTER 1 Family Income: Slow and Unequal Growth, CHAPTER 2 Taxes: Despite Recent Progressive Changes, a Further Cause of Worsening Inequality, CHAPTER 3 Wages: Working Longer for Less, CHAPTER 4 Jobs: Worsening Underemployment, CHAPTER 5 Wealth: Enriching the Wealthy, Creating Financial Insecurity for the Majority, CHAPTER 6 Poverty: High Rates Unresponsive to Economic Expansion, CHAPTER 7 Health Care: Expenditures Exceed Results, CHAPTER 8International Comparisons: The United States Is Falling Behind in Productivity and Wage Growth, Appendix: Wage Analysis Computations, Table Notes, Figure Notes, Bibliography

Summary

Drawing on data on family income, taxes, wages, employment, wealth, health care and poverty, this text presents a statistical portrait of the standard of living of America's working families. This updated edition includes a new chapter on health care costs and reform efforts.

Product details

• Authors: Jared Bernstein, Bernstein Jared, Lawrence Mishel, Mishel Lawrence, John Schmitt
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1995
• EAN: 9781563245329
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-532-9
• No. of pages: 426
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 39 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, macroeconomics, United States of America, USA, Social research & statistics, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Social research and statistics