Poverty and work effort among urban Latino men

This research examines the extent of poverty among working men in urban lab or markers and analyzes differences in the risk of working poverty among Me xican, puerto Rican Cuban, and non-Latino White men. Using data from the 19 90 Public Use Microdata Sample, the research documents sizable ethnic diffe rences in rates of working poverty and ascertains the extent to which those differences are explained by labor market attachment, human capital employ ment position, and labor marker context. Labor force attachment clearly red uces the risk of poverty for men but levels of attachment do not explain et hnic differences in poverty among workers.