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The Benefits of State Prevailing Wage Laws: Better Jobs and More Productive Competition in the Construction Industry

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: October 03, 2011

In 2011, about 20 different proposals to weaken prevailing wage laws have been introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature. This...

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August Jobs Report: National Weakness Spreads to Pennsylvania

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price, Sean Brandon (unpublished)
Date: September 19, 2011

In this Reports and Briefing Papers, we analyze the August 2011 Jobs Report and detail how the weaknesses we...

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Falling Through the Cracks: Six Months After the End of adultBasic

Type: Reports and Papers
Date: September 01, 2011

Six months after the end of the state‰’s adultBasic program, few former enrollees have been able to access the...

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State of Working PA 2011

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: September 01, 2011

A strong current of recent opinion suggests that there is “nothing we can do” about an economy threatening to...

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Public Versus Private Employee Costs in Pennsylvania

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Jeffrey H. Keefe,
Date: August 23, 2011

This paper investigates whether Pennsylvania public employees earn more or less than comparable private sector workers. The research shows...

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97% of Top Pennsylvania Companies Use Combined Reporting

Type: Budget Analysis
Date: August 09, 2011

Companies that claim that closing corporate tax loopholes is too complicated already operate in states that have closed loopholes,...

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June Jobs Report: Job Market Remains Weak

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price
Date: July 25, 2011

This Reports and Briefing Papers reviews the June 2011 Jobs Report and discusses its implications for our commonwealth. Despite...

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