May 04, 2012
Here is this week’s roundup of labor-market policy research reports:
Center for American Progress
Women and Obamacare: What’s at Stake for Women if the Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act?
Jessica Arons
Preparing All Teachers to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners: Applying Research to Policy and Practice for Teacher Effectiveness
Jennifer F. Samson and Brian A. Collins
Center for Law and Social Policy
Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization May Move Youth Development Field Back a Decade: Analysis of H.R. 4297 through a Youth Advocacy Lens
Linda Harris and Kisha Bird
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Eliminating Social Services Block Grant Would Weaken Services for Vulnerable Children, Adults, and Disabled
Indivar Dutta-Gupta, LaDonna Pavetti, and Ife Finch
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, On the April Employment Report
Economic Policy Institute
THE PUBLIC-SECTOR JOBS CRISIS: Women and African Americans hit hardest by job losses in state and local governments
David Cooper, Mary Gable and Algernon Austin
THE CLASS OF 2012: Labor market for young graduates remains grim
Heidi Shierholz, Natalie Sabadish and Hilary Wething
A PERFECT MATCH: Coupling tax fairness with job creation for a stronger economy
Ethan Pollack
CEO PAY AND THE TOP 1%: How executive compensation and financial-sector pay have fueled income inequality
Lawrence Mishel and Natalie Sabadish
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings
Single Student Parents Face Financial Difficulties, Debt, Without Adequate Aid
Housing Resources and Programs for Single Student Parents at Community and Technical Colleges
National Employment Law Project
Economy in Focus: Slower Wage Growth, Declining Real Wages Undermine Recovery
Political Economy Research Institute
Making Work Pay: Combining the Benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Minimum Wage
Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Robert Pollin
