Pathfinders for Nickel and Dimed

 Print Materials:

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America /  Barbara Ehrenreich.  305.5 EHR   

The missing class : portraits of the near poor in America /  Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen.  305.5 NEW   

The economics of life /  Gary S. Becker.  306.3 BEC   

World poverty / Whitman, Sylvia.   339.4 WHI

The visible poor : Homelessness in the United States /   Joel Blau.  362.5 BLA                                                    

From cradle to grave : the human face of poverty in America /  Jonathan Freedman. 362.5 FRE         

Poverty : changing attitudes 1900-2000 /  Teresa Garlake. 362.5 GAR           

American homelessness /  Mary Ellen Hombs. 362.5 HOM             

Poverty : opposing viewpoints /  Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.  362.5 POV         

Occupational outlook handbook /   REF 331.7 OCC

Online Resources:

Basic Family Budget Calculator

http://www.epi.org/content/budget_calculator

Career Zone California

http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2008

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2008.htm

Characteristics of workers affected by minimum wage increase to $7.25

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/table1.pdf

Economic Snapshots

http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/mwig_fact_sheet/

Figure 4: Annual minimum wage earnings in 2008 dollars and the poverty level for family of three

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/figure4.pdf

Jobs, Wages and Living Standards

http://www.epi.org/issues/category/wages_and_living_standards/

List of U.S. state minimum wages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minimum_wages

Minimum wage

 http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage

Minimum wage/Statistics

http://www.epionline.org/mw_statistics_annual.cfm

Sate and County Quick Facts : California and United States

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

Occupational Information Network

http://online.onetcenter.org/find/

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Real minimum and average wages, 1950-2008

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/figure5.pdf

The real value of the minimum wage, 1947-2008

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/table4.pdf

Real value of the minimum wage, 1950-2008

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/figure1.pdf

State Minimum Wages Greater than the Federal Minimum Wage

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/table5.pdf

State Minimum Wage Rates

http://www.laborlawcenter.com/t-State-Minimum-Wage-Rates.aspx

Total workers affected by a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 by state

http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/minwage/table3.pdf  

See also:

JFK Library Databases

• NetTrekker

     http://school.nettrekker.com/subject/

and:

Sacramento Public Library Databases

http://www.saclibrary.org/

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  "The Poor in Developed Countries," World Poverty. Sandra M. Alters. Gale, 2009. p75-90.

• Student Resource Center Gold

     keyword search terms:  minimum wage AND poverty

Writing Resources:

Citation Style Guides

http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Help/Citation_Style_Guides/default.asp

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