Undocumented immigrants are strongly committed to working in the United States and they make significant contributions to the economy. Undocumented workers account for approximately 5% of the Chicago metro area labor market and represent a growing segment of the low-wage workforce. Undocumented immigrants earn low wages, work in unsafe conditions, and have low rates of health insurance.
2002
From the "New Localism" to the "Spaces of Neoliberalism"
In recent decades, the notion of a “revival of the local” has attracted widespread attention from academics and policy-makers. In contrast to the pervasive naturalization of national states, national economies, and national societies that prevailed during much of the Fordist-Keynesian period, localities and places are now back on the agenda across the political spectrum and within numerous strands of socialscientific analysis.
Cities and the Geographies of Actually Existing Neoliberalism
An essay elaborating a critical geographical perspective on neoliberalism that
emphasizes (a) the path-dependent character of neoliberal reform projects and (b)
the strategic role of cities in the contemporary remaking of political-economic space.
A Self-Sufficiency Living Wage for Chicago
The City of Chicago and State of Illinois have officially endorsed and are using a set of “self- sufficiency standards” for basic family needs by family type that have been developed by Pearson and Brooks (2001) for various localities in Illinois. In this report, Chicago “living wage” and in turn, a family “self sufficiency standard” is derived for a four-person, two-child families in lower-cost areas of Chicago.