In-Work Poverty and the Challenges of Getting By Among the Young

Overview

Funded by the Social Science Thematic Research Grant (Type B), this project seeks to gain new insights on the kinds of “in-work” poverty that the working class are experiencing. It will focus on the challenges faced by lowly educated young workers (aged between 21 and 40) and their efforts at advancement, an area that has received less attention. Using traditional and technology-based mixed methods, the project will gain deep and wide understanding of the lived realities of younger low-waged workers through surveys, interviews, ethnographic studies, and data inputs using a mobile application. Through these, we hope to understand the interactions of work and earnings with young workers’ mental health and cognitive ability, and how they use their social networks to navigate jobs, family and advancement.

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Key Facts

Principal Investigator : A/P Irene Y.H. Ng (Department of Social Work & SSR, NUS)

Research Team :
A/P Ho Kong Chong (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NUS, and Urban Studies, Yale-NUS College)
Dr Mathew Mathews (Institute of Policy Studies, NUS)
A/P Vincent Chua (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NUS)
Dr Ong Qiyan (SSR)
Dr Neo Yu Wei (SSR)
Dr Gerard Chung (SSR)
Dr Caroline Lim (Department of Social Work, NUS)
Ms Nurul Fadiah Johari (SSR)
Mr Asher Goh (SSR)
Ms Evelyn Kok (SSR)
Mr Tan Zhi Han (SSR)
Mr Shane Nicolas Pereira (Institute of Policy Studies, NUS)
Ms Thian Wen Li (Institute of Policy Studies, NUS)
Mr Muhammad Shamil Bin Zainuddin (Institute of Policy Studies, NUS)
Ms Kim Aryung (SSR)
Ms Annie Cheong (SSR)
Ms Sandy Chen (SSR)

Research Focus : In-work Poverty, Young Working Poor

Funding Agency

Ministry of Education - Social Science Research Thematic Grant (SSRTG)

SSR Staff Involved

A/P Irene Y.H. Ng
Ms Nurul Fadiah Johari
Ms Kim Aryung
Dr Ong Qiyan
Mr Asher Goh
Ms Annie Cheong
Dr Neo Yu Wei
Ms Evelyn Kok
Ms Sandy Chen
Dr Gerard Chung
Mr Tan Zhi Han