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  • PA Economy Track
    Issues
    May 17, 2013 - 4:41pm

    The Great Recession has hit Pennsylvania families hard. Economy Track provides up-to-date information on the state of the Pennsylvania economy. To the right, you will find current data on unemployment rates and the change in employment since the start of the recession. In September 2012, the state's unemployment rate rose above that of the U.S. for the first time since the start of the recession in late 2007.

    Additional resources on the impact of the recession are below.

  • Pittsburgh Business Times: Here's why Pittsburgh still lags on salary scale
    Media Coverage
    May 6, 2013 - 12:12pm

    By Justine Coyne
    Pittsburgh Business Times

    While Pittsburgh has been positioning itself at the forefront of the high-paying eds, meds and tech industries, it is still lagging when it comes to salary.

    On Tuesday, the Business Journals released a list of the 100 highest-paying job markets in the U.S. The On Numbers analysis of the annual pay of all employees in major markets ranked Pittsburgh at No. 48 with an average salary of $44,270.

    Mark Price, labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, said that Pittsburgh's rank is right where he would expect it.

  • Philadelphia Daily News Editorial: It's time for Gov. Corbett to do his job with state employment
    Media Coverage
    April 24, 2013 - 12:58pm

    EARLIER THIS month, Gov. Corbett flew nearly 4,000 miles on a trade mission to Brazil and came back with the news that he'd bagged a commitment for new jobs in Pennsylvania.

    Seventy-four jobs.

    That's not exactly a huge payoff for his efforts. But it's sadly consistent with the Corbett administration's performance on job creation. In fact, a few days after he returned from South America, the state's Department of Labor and Industry released a disappointing March jobs report that cries for more aggressive action.

  • Philadelphia Daily News' Will Bunch: The Corbett economic miracle
    Media Coverage
    April 24, 2013 - 12:57pm

    If you're as old as me, you remember "the Massachusetts miracle." It won a bland non-entity named Michael Dukakis the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, as he briefly convinced the nation that his state had outperformed the nation in creating jobs during the Reagan years, and now he would bring his secret of success to the White House. Not only did Dukakis' claim not survive the unrelentingly cynical negative campaign of George H.W.

  • Minnesota Public Radio: Percentage of Americans in the workforce at lowest point since 1979
    Media Coverage
    April 18, 2013 - 10:17am

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  • PA's Unemployment Rate Drops as More Job Seekers Drop Out
    Press Release
    March 26, 2013 - 9:22am

    Originally posted by KRC Labor Economist Mark Price at Third and State

  • Podcast: As More Look for Work in PA, There Are Not Enough Jobs to Be Had
    Press Release
    March 22, 2013 - 11:19am

    Read Mark Price's analysis of Pennsylvania's February jobs report

    KRC Labor Economist Mark Price explains that growth in the Pennsylvania labor market in recent months is a welcome sign, but there are fewer and fewer new job openings available for these new job seekers. And that has driven up the state's unemployment rate. Watch his latest podcast.

  • Testimony: Earned Sick Days Bill Would Promote a Healthier Philadelphia Economy
    Policy Watch
    March 5, 2013 - 11:33am

    Testimony of Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center
    Before Philadelphia City Council, March 5, 2013
    Philadelphia City Hall, Room 400

    My name is Stephen Herzenberg. I am the Executive Director of the Keystone Research Center and hold a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on the 2013 Earned Sick Days Bill.

  • In State of the Union, President Should Outline Vision to Boost Economy, Reduce Inequality
    Press Release
    February 12, 2013 - 6:19pm

    Note: KRC Labor Economist Mark Price is available to comment following the President's State of the Union address this evening. You can reach him at 717-440-2360.

    HARRISBURG, PA (February 12, 2013) – Mark Price, Labor Economist for the Keystone Research Center, issued the following statement in advance of President Obama’s State of the Union Address:

  • Patriot-News Editorial: Despite advances, the gender wage gap is still wide
    Media Coverage
    February 1, 2013 - 10:37am

    By Patriot-News Editorial Board 

    When President Barack Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law in January 2009, the legislation was hailed as a leap forward for women fighting wage discrimination in the workplace.

    But four years later, despite some progress, new research by a U.S. Senate committee indicates that the legislation that Obama signed into law in the dawning weeks of his first term still hasn’t achieved its intended purpose.

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