Moving up or moving on: Who advances in the low-wage labor market?

Moving up or moving on: Who advances in the low-wage labor market?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-179

  Andersson, Fredrik ^a   Holzer, Harry J ^b   Lane, Julia I ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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