March 25, 2011
This week, the LMPRR features reports from Center for Economic and Policy Research, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Economic Policy Institute, UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and National Employment Law Project.
Center for Economic and Policy Research and Center on Wisconsin Strategy
The Wisconsin Retirement System is One of the Healthiest in the Country
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum-Wage Laws in Three Cities
John Schmitt and David Rosnick
Economic Policy Institute
Philip Martin
The State of Working America’s Wealth, 2011: Through Volatility and Turmoil, the Gap Widens
Sylvia A. Allegretto
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
An Opportunity Not Taken…Yet: U.S. Labor and the Current Economic Crisis
Chris Tilly
National Employment Law Project
65 Million “Need Not Apply”: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment
Michelle Natividad Rodriguez and Maurice Emsellem
Political Economy Research Institute
Unemployment Benefits and Work Incentives: The U.S. Labor Market in the Great Recession
David R. Howell and Bert M. Azizoglu