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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National Public Health Task Force Recommends Against Privatization of Retail Alcohol Sales
A report from a task force of national public health experts recommends against further privatization of retail alcohol sales....
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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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Reversing Course in Pennsylvania Higher Education: The Two Tiers in Faculty Pay and Benefits and a Way Forward
This report describes how Pennsylvania’s public colleges and universities employ and compensate full- and part time/adjunct faculty members and...
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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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Under Attack: Pennsylvania’s Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis
This report examines Pennsylvania’s middle class and our economy. While most workers are currently living paycheck to paycheck, we...
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The Benefits of State Prevailing Wage Laws: Better Jobs and More Productive Competition in the Construction Industry
In 2011, about 20 different proposals to weaken prevailing wage laws have been introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature. This...
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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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State of Working PA 2011
A strong current of recent opinion suggests that there is “nothing we can do” about an economy threatening to...
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