Low-income workers see biggest drop in paychecks, By Nelson D. Schwartz, September 2, 2015, New York Times: “Despite steady gains in hiring, a falling unemployment rate and other signs of an improving economy, take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday. The declines were greatest for the lowest-paid workers in sectors where hiring has been strong — home health care, food preparation and retailing — even though wages were already below average to begin with in those service industries…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty