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Access To 'Good Jobs' Promotes Wage Growth

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Elena Sheridan
7 October 2003 - 8:00am

Increasing access to employment at larger, high-wage firms can raise earnings prospects for low-wage workers, a new study shows.

Increasing access to employment at larger, high-wage firms can raise earnings prospects for low-wage workers, a new study by Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, and Julia I. Lane shows. In particular, low earners who change jobs—and those who use temp agencies to find employment—experience greater earnings growth than those who stay at the same firm, offering a model for non-profits and others for placing low-wage workers into "good jobs."

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Source: The Brookings Institution, October 13, 2005
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