May 17, 2014
The following reports on labor market policy were recently released:
Economic Policy Institute
Surging Steel Imports Put Up To Half a Million U.S. Jobs at Risk
Terence P. Stewart, Elizabeth J. Drake, Stephanie M. Bell, Jessica Wang, and Robert E. Scott
States Job Growth Shows Cautious Signs of Improvement
David Cooper
Resilience of Black Labor Force Participation: Unemployed African Americans Are Less Likely to Give Up Job Search
Valerie Wilson
Voluntary Quits Barely Budge: Critical Loss of Opportunities for Young Workers
Heidi Shierholz
Center for Economic and Policy Research
New Book Examines Private Equity’s Role in the U.S. Economy & Labor Market
Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
National Employment Law Project
Who’s the Boss: Restoring Accountability for Labor Standards in Outsourced Work
Catherine Ruckelshaus, Rebecca Smith, Sarah Leberstein, and Eunice Cho
Statewide Bad the Box: Reducing Unfair Barriers to Employment of People with Criminal Records
NELP Staff
Fairness Delayed: Ongoing Poverty at the Philadelphia International Airport
Anastasia Christman
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
What Do OECD Data Really Show About U.S. Taxes and Reducing Inequality?
Chye-Ching Huang and Nathaniel Frentz
State Taxes Have Negligible Impact on Americans’ Interstate Moves
Michael Mazerov
Chart Book: The Legacy of the Great Recession
CBPP Staff
Center for American Progress
Reducing Poverty Through Climate Action
Molly Elgin-Cossart, Cathleen Kelly, and Abigail Jones