Research and Publications

In this report, the KRC and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center lay out a detailed plan to make post-secondary...

• PA Economy
• Higher Education
• Rural Pennsylvania

  With a modest and smart investment, Pennsylvania can build a more prosperous future for its citizens and reinvigorate...

• PA Economy
• Higher Education

This presentation, given by labor economist Mark Price on January 24, 2018, outlines our “Pennsylvania Promise” plan to make...

• PA Economy
• Higher Education

Turns out that Gov. Wolf believes in the 40-hour week. Because he does, about 460,000 lower-paid Pennsylvania salaried workers...

• Unemployment
• Jobs

Let’s be straight about the politics of the federal budget. The Republicans control the House, Senate and Presidency, but...

• Federal Taxes
• Federal Budget

The KRC’s report “The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage in 2018” finds that the minimum wage in six border states and...

• Minimum Wage
• Wages
• Rural Pennsylvania

A new “big-data” base on U.S. school districts provides new evidence that Pennsylvania has many high-performing schools but many...

• K-12 Education
• PA Budget