Research and Publications

Opponents of prevailing wage laws often argue that repealing or weakening these laws will lower the cost of public...

• Minimum Wage
• Wages

In February of 1996, Governor Ridge proposed the privatization of all Pennsylvania state health centers and the state public...

• Infrastructure
• Health Care

“The State of Working Pennsylvania 1998” provides a statistical portrait of the economic status of Pennsylvania workers and their...

• PA Economy

This Reports and Briefing Papers documents both bright and dark sides to the economic fortunes of Pennsylvania families since...

• PA Economy

In a national study, “Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase,” Jared Bernstein and John...

• Minimum Wage

This report investigates the effects of privatization or attempted privatization on the quality of care at several county and...

• PA Budget
• Infrastructure

This report examines employment and the wages of part-time workers from 1979-1996. This paper finds that: part-time jobs pay...

• Wages