"This is the definitive volume on the labor market conditions currently faced by low-skilled workers. It provides rich description of the working poor and the institutions that employ them, stressing the common problems of low-wage workers as well as the difficulties encountered by specific demographic groups. This mosaic provides a coherent framework for the analysis of current programs and policy alternatives and for a consideration of the ways that institutions—community colleges, employers, and labor unions—can improve the economic prospects of the working poor. The book is required reading for the ongoing policy debates about economic growth, sustained productivity, and enhanced economic opportunities in this country."
—John M. Quigley
I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley

"This book is a must read for anyone concerned with the challenges that the new economy poses for low-income workers. Views here are represented from across the spectrum on practical strategies for addressing the important questions for policy makers on ensuring the full participation of low-waged workers into future productivity growth"
—Susan M. Wachter
Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School

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