Child Poverty: New Opportunities for Pediatricians

When the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in May that we had hit the lowest unemployment rate—3.9%—since 2000, few felt a wave of relief. Americans may be employed, but wages are stagnant. A review of workers in the labor market found men entering the market in 1983 had a 10%-19% decrease in median lifetime income compared with those entering in 1967.1 Further, an analysis of Congressional Budget Office data found widening income inequality; since 1979, those in the top 1% have had a 228% increase in their income, whereas the middle 60% and bottom 20% have had a 42% and 69% increase, respectively.

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