January 23, 2015
The following reports on labor market policy were recently released:
Center for American Progress
Valuing All Our Families: Progressive Policies that Strengthen Families Commitments and Reduce Family Disparities
Shawn Fremstad and Melissa Boteach
Report of the Commission on Inclusive Prosperity
Lawrence H. Summers and Ed Balls
Economic Policy Institute
Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts
Lawrence Mishel, Elise Gould, and Josh Bivens
The Erosion of Collective Bargaining Has Widened the Gap Between Productivity and Pay
David Cooper and Lawrence Mishel
Causes of Wage Stagnation
Lawrence Mishel
The Manufacturing Footprint and the Importance of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
Robert E. Scott
Political Economy Research Institute
A $15 U.S. Minimum Wage: How the Fast-Food Industry Could Adjust Without Shedding Jobs
Robert Pollin and Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Geographic Pattern of Disability Receipt Largely Reflects Economic and Demographic Factors
Kathy A. Ruffing
Health Reform Not Causing Significant Shift to Part-Time Work: But Raising Threshold to 40 Hours a Week Would Make Sizeable Shift Likely
Paul N. Van de Water
Center for Law and Social Policy
Strengthening the “Work” in Federal Work-Study: Improving Access to Financial Aid and Career-Related Work Experience for Low-Income and Post-Traditional Students
Elizabeth Kenefick
Urban Institute
The Labor Force in an Aging and Growing America
Austin Nichols, Steven Martin, Nan Marie Astone, H. Elizabeth Peters, Rolf Pendall, Kaitlin
Franks Hildner, and Allison Stolte
