Chutes and ladders: navigating the low-wage labor market

Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Lives, in the Long Run Part I. Chutes and Ladders 2. The Best-Case Scenario Katherine S. Newman and Chauncy Lennon 3. High Flyers, Low Riders, and the Up but Not Out Club 4. All in the Family 5. The National Picture Helen Connolly, Peter Gottschalk, and Katherine S. Newman Part II. The Inside View 6. Streetwise Economics Victor Tan Chen and Katherine S. Newman 7. This Is the Kind of Life I Want: Work and Welfare in the Boom Years 8. Dreams, Deferred: Aspirations and Obstacles in Work and Family Life 9. Opening the Gates Appendix A. Study Design Appendix B. Sample Definitions Appendix C. Occupational Prestige Scores and the Socioeconomic Index Appendix D.