These low-wage jobs are associated with those people who have less education.
"There is no doubt people working at low-wage jobs have more income," he said.
The number of both high- and low-wage jobs has grown, but there is little mobility between the two.
Minimum wage and other low-wage jobs do not even come close.
Others are considering low-wage jobs at a fraction of their old pay.
But some mothers wonder how long their low-wage jobs will last.
Improving the pay for low-wage jobs is another crucial step.
And the government set up a system to provide low-wage public jobs for the long-term unemployed.
Over the same period, record numbers of people left the welfare rolls for low-wage jobs.
They are mostly low-wage jobs which do not enable people to provide for themselves and their children.