For those who worked, average quarterly earnings were higher after enrollment in homeless services, but were low in all times and did not vary significantly for recent workers

This figure provides average quarterly wages, with “Q0” referring to the quarter the individual entered homeless services, “Q-8” referring to eight quarters before that entry, and “Q8” referring to eight quarters after that entry. Average quarterly wages are winsorized to reduce the influence of extreme values and inflation-adjusted to July 2022 dollars to place wages from all years on the same scale.
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