PA House Democrats Clarify the Minimum Wage Debate
Yesterday, Pennsylvania House Democrats, under minority leader Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny), stepped up in a big way for raising the...
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STATEMENT: In Response to PA GOP Attacks on Working Pennsylvanians and Today’s Budget Day of Action
HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent...
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It Looks Like Pennsylvania Republicans Are Ready to Move on the Minimum Wage. But Is $8.50 enough? [Hint: No, it is not!]
State senators Michele Brooks (R – Mercer County) and Dan Laughlin (R – Erie County) told the Manufacturer and Business...
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A $15/HR Minimum Wage Increase by 2025 Would Raise Wages for Over 2 Million Workers in PA. Who Are They?
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. The Demographic Impacts of a Minimum Wage Increase Wrapped into his 2019 budget...
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A Wage-Less and Income-Less Recovery for PA’s 99 Percent. New Study: Top 1% Only Group to See Income Gains Since 2009
Reports and Research Papers concludes that raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and requiring CEOs and other top earners...
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Stuck on the Bottom Rung of the Wage Ladder
While previous studies of the upward mobility of low-wage workers have relied on economic data for the United States...
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Where Pennsylvania Low-Wage Workers Live
This revised Reports and Briefing Papers addresses the debate about the need for raising the minimum wage by estimating...
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Making Work Pay: The Benefits of the 1996-1997 Minimum Wage Increase for Low-Wage Workers in the U.S. and Pennsylvania
In a national study, “Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase,” Jared Bernstein and John...
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Do Lower Prevailing Wages Reduce Public Construction Costs?
Opponents of prevailing wage laws often argue that repealing or weakening these laws will lower the cost of public...
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The Service Contractor Provision of the Proposed Living Wage Ordinance in Allegheny County: An Impact Assessment
In 2000, Allegheny County Council considered living wage legislation. The proposed ordinance would require that several groups of workers,...
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Nickel & Dimed In Pennsylvania: The Falling Purchasing Power of the Tipped Minimum Wage
Many people are unaware that there are two minimum wages in Pennsylvania- one for non-tipped workers that is currently...
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Living on the Edge: Where Very Low-wage Workers Live in Pennsylvania
This Reports and Briefing Papers estimates the number of workers in each Pennsylvania county and metropolitan area that would...
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