June 03, 2011
Over the past month, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, Economic Policy Institute, Employment Policy Research Network, Political Economy Research Institute, and The Roosevelt Institute have released reports on issues relating to labor-market policy.
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany
John Schmitt
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Low Wage Jobs Dominate NYC Job Growth
John Petro
Economic Policy Institute
The Jobs Impact of Telecom Investment
Ethan Pollack
Employment Policy Research Network
Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing: Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing?
Susan Helper, Morris M. Kleiner, and Yingchun Wang
The Job Dislocation and Re-employment Experiences of America’s Older Workers During the Great Recessionary Period of 2007-09: The Economic Consequences for the Dislocated and the Rest of the U.S. Society
Andrew Sum, Mykhaylo Trubskyy, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph McLaughlin, Sheila Palma
Political Economy Research Institute
The Economic Benefits of a Green Chemical Industry in the United States: Renewing Manufacturing Jobs While Protecting Health and the Environment
James Heintz and Robert Pollin
Conditions for Workers at Target: Estimates for a Proposed California Supercenter
Dr. Jeanette Wicks-Lim
The Roosevelt Institute
Dramatic Job Revisions Bust Structural Unemployment Myths
Mike Konczal