This paper investigates the relationship between labor market experiences and poverty levels for white, black, and Hispanic women in the US. The first part examines 1990 and 2002, two years with very similar national unemployment levels, and shows how the probability of being in poor changed...

This paper applies the theoretical literature on nonparametric bounds on treatment effects to the estimation of how limited English proficiency (LEP) affects wages and employment opportunities for Hispanic workers in the United States. I analyze the identifying power of several weak assumptions...