Next Steps in Providing Benefits to Low-Wage Workers

October 2, 2007
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

Seven million men and women (1 in 20 adult workers) earn low wages and live in low-income families with children. Many struggle to support their families with jobs that offer few benefits, opportunities for advancement, or links to government support programs. Meanwhile, employers are hard-pressed to balance their financial and productivity objectives in an increasingly global, competitive market. Panelists discussed what is missing from the debate about improving the income, benefits, and related work supports for low-wage workers, especially those with children.

Welcome
	Margaret Simms, Urban Institute
Opening Remarks / Overview
	Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University and Urban Institute
Presentations
	Beth Shulman, author, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans
	Samuel Leiken, senior director of policy studies, Council on Competitiveness
	Elizabeth Lower-Basch, senior workforce policy analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
	Linda Blumberg, principal research associate, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute
	Question and answer session
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