Since September 11, Unemployment Claims Rising in Pennsylvania
Prior to September 11, as documented in KRC’s “The State of Working Pennsylvania 2001”, signs already existed of a...
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May Jobs Report Weak Growth Cause for Concern; Jobs Deficit Persists
Total nonfarm employment in Pennsylvania fell in May of 2011 by just over 14,000 jobs, according to a report...
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June Jobs Report: Job Market Remains Weak
This Reports and Briefing Papers reviews the June 2011 Jobs Report and discusses its implications for our commonwealth. Despite...
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State Spending Cuts Kill Private Sector Jobs and Raise Unemployment
Pennsylvania’s 2011-12 budget made substantial cuts in state spending on education, health care, and human services. In this report,...
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Drilling Deeper into Job Claims: The Actual Contribution of Marcellus Shale to Pennsylvania Job Growth
An article in The Patriot News reported that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has created 48,000 jobs....
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Economic Recovery Part Two: We Need More Action on Jobs and Wages
As we approached February 19, 2011, the second anniversary of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
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Recent Job Growth in Pennsylvania is Healthier than in Most States
The updated job-growth rankings in this policy brief encompass job numbers through 2010. The brief analyzes three different measures...
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Getting Pennsylvania’s Economy Back on Track: Federal Policies Save Thousands of Jobs and Prevent Much Higher Unemployment Across Pennsylvania
This Reports and Briefing Papers asks the following question: What would the Pennsylvania jobs situation and unemployment rate look...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2010
“The State of Working Pennsylvania 2010” is the KRC’s 15th annual check-up on the Pennsylvania economy.
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Beware the Free Lunch: A Critique of the Proposal to Privatize Pennsylvania Wine and Liquor Sales
In 2011, the Corbett Administration commissioned a study by Public Financial Management Group Inc. (PFM) of the state revenue,...
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Democracy In Pennsylvania
Independence Day in Pennsylvania should be a time of celebration but also one of reflection. In this report, issued...
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Public-sector Job Losses Put Brakes on State’s Recovery
This report examines how Pennsylvania is losing its post-recession job creation growth advantage over other states as public-sector job...
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