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Crush Unions and You Crush the Growth in Earnings for Workers

Type: Blog
Author: Mark Price
Date: January 07, 2015

New analysis by David Cooper and Lawrence Mishel explores differences by state in wage trends and changes in union...

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Reflections on the One-Day Work Week

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: January 05, 2015

At the Keystone Research Center, we closed the office last week except for Friday, Jan. 2, giving our team...

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A New Year’s Resolution That Lawmakers Should Find Easy to Keep: Increase the PA Minimum Wage in 2015

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: December 31, 2014

As we close in on the end of 2014, here’s our suggestion for a New Year’s Resolution PA lawmakers...

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The Shale Tipping Point: The Relationship of Drilling to Crime, Truck Fatalities, STDs, and Rents in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio

Type: Reports and Papers
Date: December 18, 2014

Considerable evidence indicates that shale development in Pennsylvania has followed a similar trajectory as hydro-fracking, with documented increased traffic,...

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The Shale Tipping Point

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Marcellus Shale
Date: December 17, 2014

This report examines the relationship between drilling activity in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia counties and the onset of...

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Public School Poverty: The New Normal

Type: Blog
Author: Waslala Miranda
Date: December 12, 2014

The Great Recession may be over but many in Pennsylvania are still suffering from its effects. This is most...

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The Empire Strikes Back: Shale Industry Minimizes Potential Severance Tax Revenue, But It’s Still More than Impact Fee

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: December 10, 2014

Pennsylvania would benefit from switching from its current impact fee to a severance tax. Depending on the estimate, the...

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