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  • State of Working PA 2010: Without Federal Policy Action, Unemployment Would Be Much Higher Today
    Press Release
    September 2, 2010 - 1:18pm

    View the full report here

    HARRISBURG, PA (September 2, 2010) – Absent the extraordinary federal policy actions taken in the wake of the Great Recession, Pennsylvania and the nation would be looking at double-digit unemployment rates today, according to a new report from the Keystone Research Center.

  • State of Working Pennsylvania 2010
    Research Report
    September 2, 2010 - 12:13pm

    Overview

    This report, the Keystone Research Center’s 15th annual check up on the Pennsylvania economy, makes three simple points.

  • Keystone Research Center to Release State of Working PA 2010
    Press Release
    August 31, 2010 - 4:43pm

    HARRISBURG, PA - The Keystone Research Center will release its annual review of how working Pennsylvanians and their families are faring in today's economy at 12 p.m. on Thursday, September 2, 2010.

    The State of Working Pennsylvania 2010 provides a portrait of the economic status of Pennsylvania workers and their families. It examines such economic indicators as wages, inequality, unemployment and more.

  • State of Working Pennsylvania
    Issues
    August 31, 2010 - 1:33pm

    The State of Working Pennsylvania is the Keystone Research Center's annual review of how working Pennsylvanians and their families are faring in today’s economy. The report is released each year over Labor Day Weekend.

    It provides a portrait of the economic status of Pennsylvania workers and their families. It examines such economic indicators as wages, health benefit coverage, family income, inequality, poverty and unemployment.

    You can view the annual State of Working Pennsylvania reports from 2009 back to 1998 by clicking on the links below:

  • Obama urges continuation of agenda
    Media Coverage
    June 4, 2010 - 9:55am
    By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY
    PITTSBURGH — President Obama called Tuesday for sticking with his domestic agenda "even if it's not always popular" and portrayed congressional Republicans as obstructionists who favor "more tax breaks for the wealthy and fewer rules for corporations...Not all the news is good: Unemployment in the region, at 7.5% when Obama visited to host the summit of industrialized economies in September, stands at 8.1% "Steelworkers don't become doctors, so it's a painful transition," said
    New Study: Despite Slightly Better Benefits, Public Employees Earn Less than Private Sector
    Press Release
    April 30, 2010 - 9:35am

    HARRISBURG, PA (April 30, 2010) – Employees of state and local government in Pennsylvania earn less than their counterparts in the private sector, the Keystone Research Center reported, citing findings from a new study.

    State employees earn an average of 4.5% less in wages than comparable private sector employees, while local employees earn an average of 12.9% less, according to the study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security in Washington D.C.

  • Bill would set 'living wage' 150 percent of minimum wage in Pittsburgh
    Media Coverage
    April 20, 2010 - 9:48am

    "Calling it wrong for government to subsidize "slave labor," Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess said he'll introduce legislation today to set 150 percent of the minimum wage as the lowest rate that the city, city-related authorities and contractors can pay their workers."

  • Keystone Labor Economist Mark Price on WGAL-8 Discussing the Recovery Act
    Media Coverage
    February 18, 2010 - 11:35am

    Dr. Mark Price of the Keystone Research Center discusses the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on WGAL-8 News on February 17, 2010.  

  • How the stimulus rescued America
    Op-Eds
    February 17, 2010 - 12:28pm

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  • Recovery Act Has Saved Jobs in Pennsylvania
    Press Release
    February 17, 2010 - 12:20pm

    HARRISBURG, PA (February 17, 2010) – Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law one year ago today, tens of thousands of jobs have been saved across Pennsylvania, slowing the downward spiral of the worst recession in decades.

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