Low Child Care Wages and High Turnover Shortchange Pennsylvania Children: Findings from Surveys of Child Care Providers in Allegheny County, Southeast Pennsylvania and York County
This research paper summarizes the findings from Gateway child care provider surveys which were conducted to measure key determinants...
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A Building Storm: The Housing Market and the Pennsylvania Economy
This Reports and Briefing Papers examines housing market trends in Pennsylvania and in each of the commonwealth’s major economic...
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PA Reimbursement to Child Care Providers is Too Low to Ensure Quality Care
This Reports and Briefing Papers summarizes the findings from the Gateway child care provider surveys. When possible, these findings...
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Do Lower Prevailing Wages Reduce Public Construction Costs?
Opponents of prevailing wage laws often argue that repealing or weakening these laws will lower the cost of public...
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Pennsylvania’s New Teacher Tests: An Assessment
Beginning fiscal year 2002, and in each of the following four years, Pennsylvania plans to spend $4 million per...
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Fuzzy Math in Philadelphia: Edison Overstates Savings Possible Through Outsourcing School District Maintenance and Operations Work
Under contract to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Edison Schools Inc. prepared an 80-page assessment to the Philadelphia schools and...
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A Real Tax Cut for Pennsylvania’s Middle Class
In 1999, state income tax relief for the middle class was on the agenda in Pennsylvania. In the first...
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The Truth About Pennsylvania Business Taxes Part 1: Are Business Taxes Really High in Pennsylvania?
In this Reports and Briefing Papers, the KRC recommends that the General Assembly establish a 21st Century Pennsylvania Tax...
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Trade and Pennsylvania: Distorted Trade Patterns Translate Into Job Loss for Commonwealth
Over the past decade, trade has been one of the most hotly contested dimensions of U.S. economic policy. In...
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Job Losses Due to Trade Since NAFTA Deepen Pennsylvania Manufacturing Crisis
In the context of an intense national and state debate about the future of U.S. manufacturing, this Reports and...
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Many Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Loans Create Low-Quality Jobs
A central goal of Pennsylvania economic development programs is to create more good jobs in the Commonwealth. As one...
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May Jobs Report Weak Growth Cause for Concern; Jobs Deficit Persists
Total nonfarm employment in Pennsylvania fell in May of 2011 by just over 14,000 jobs, according to a report...
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