Research and Publications

Governor Tom Corbett announced his “Healthy PA” plan Monday that would expand health coverage in Pennsylvania under the Affordable...

• Health Care
• Medicaid

PA Budget and Policy Center highlights new census data from the U.S. Census Bureau‰’s Current Population Survey (CPS). Results...

• Health Care
• Safety Net

As Mark Price noted yesterday, there has been a shocking rise in income inequality since 2009.

• Recession and Recovery
• Income Inequality

In this year’s State of Working Pennsylvania, we decided to look once again at the pace of job growth...

• PA Economy
• Unemployment
• State of Working PA
• Jobs
• Local Government

In The State of Working Pennsylvania 2013, we said that substantially raising the wages of fast food workers —...

• Unemployment
• Wages
• Income Inequality
• Jobs

A few weeks ago, Sharon Ward explained the many problems with a report from the Cato Institute suggesting it’s...

• Medicaid
• Unemployment
• SNAP
• Jobs

“Pennsylvania can afford to pay more for schools and property tax relief,” testifies Sharon Ward of the Pennsylvania Budget...

• K-12 Education
• Property Taxes