Fewer low-income men are working, By Tami Luhby, June 15, 2016, CNN Money: “Men have been disappearing from the workforce for decades. But a closer look at the data reveals that lower-income men account for much of the change — and that reflects a big problem with the economy. Only 69% of these men, ages 25 to 54, are employed, according to new research from the Brookings Institution. That figure was 80% in 1980…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty