Nickel and Dimed

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investigative journalism work nonfiction book sociological study

Nickel and Dimed is a nonfiction book by Barbara Ehrenreich that investigates the challenges of surviving on low-wage work in the United States through her firsthand experiences in various minimum-wage jobs.

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Label Occurrences
Hard Work: Life in Low-Pay Britain 1
Nickel and Dimed canonical 1

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instanceOf investigative journalism work ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
sociological study ⓘ
argues that low-wage work often fails to provide a living wage ⓘ
that structural factors contribute to poverty ⓘ
author Barbara Ehrenreich NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfFocus United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizes assumption that any job can lift people out of poverty ⓘ
welfare reform policies of the 1990s ⓘ
depicts housing insecurity ⓘ
lack of health insurance ⓘ
minimum-wage jobs ⓘ
precarious employment ⓘ
featuresJob Wal-Mart employee GENERATED ⓘ
hotel housekeeper GENERATED ⓘ
nursing home aide GENERATED ⓘ
waitress GENERATED ⓘ
focusesOn cost of living for low-income workers ⓘ
difficulty of surviving on minimum wage ⓘ
employer practices in low-wage sectors ⓘ
impact of low-wage work on health ⓘ
fullTitle Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre journalism ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasSequelOrRelatedWork Bait and Switch NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedDebateOn labor rights ⓘ
minimum wage policy ⓘ
welfare policy ⓘ
intendedAudience general public ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject economic inequality ⓘ
labor conditions ⓘ
low-wage work ⓘ
working poor in the United States ⓘ
methodology participant observation ⓘ
undercover reporting ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person account ⓘ
notableFor combining personal narrative with economic analysis ⓘ
popularizing discussion of the working poor in the U.S. ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 2001 ⓘ
publisher Metropolitan Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed late 1990s United States ⓘ
usedIn college curricula ⓘ
high school curricula ⓘ

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Barbara Ehrenreich → notableWork → Nickel and Dimed ⓘ
Polly Toynbee → hasWritten → Nickel and Dimed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hard Work: Life in Low-Pay Britain