Research and Publications

A study by a team of top national economists finds that Pennsylvania has enjoyed substantially more upward mobility than...

• PA Economy
• Poverty

Jennifer Stefano, the Pennsylvania director of Americans for Prosperity, published an op-ed in the Patriot-News Friday — the latest...

• Human Services
• Poverty
• Democracy
• Income Inequality

It appears more and more American college graduates are declining to start their own businesses due to the rising...

• Jobs
• Small Business
• U.S. Economy
• PA Economy
• Higher Education
• Unemployment

Toshi Seeger’s obituary last week in The New York Times brought a smile to my face. Toshi provided her...

• Income Inequality
• Wages
• Prevailing Wage

Philadelphia Daily News Columnist John Baer is right to suggest that Governor Corbett’s jobs performance since January 2011 is...

• Unemployment
• Jobs
• PA Economy

Cutting SNAP will increase hunger and poverty, hurt our local economy, and shift the pain of budget cuts onto...

• PA Budget
• Safety Net

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 216-208 to pass a bill that separates agricultural support programs from...

• Federal Taxes
• Federal Budget
• Recession and Recovery
• Human Services