In the Eye of the Storm: An Update on Pennsylvania Housing Prices
In January 2008, the KRC Press Released “A Building Storm: The Housing Market and the Pennsylvania Economy,” the first...
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June Jobs Report: Job Market Remains Weak
This Reports and Briefing Papers reviews the June 2011 Jobs Report and discusses its implications for our commonwealth. Despite...
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Employment and Wages of Part-time Workers in Pennsylvania and the United States, 1979-1996
This report examines employment and the wages of part-time workers from 1979-1996. This paper finds that: part-time jobs pay...
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State Spending Cuts Kill Private Sector Jobs and Raise Unemployment
Pennsylvania’s 2011-12 budget made substantial cuts in state spending on education, health care, and human services. In this report,...
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The Job Gap in Pennsylvania: Are There Enough Living-Wage Jobs?
Many Pennsylvanians believe that anyone who looks hard enough can find a “living wage” job- a job that supports...
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Drilling Deeper into Job Claims: The Actual Contribution of Marcellus Shale to Pennsylvania Job Growth
An article in The Patriot News reported that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has created 48,000 jobs....
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Since September 11, Unemployment Claims Rising in Pennsylvania
Prior to September 11, as documented in KRC’s “The State of Working Pennsylvania 2001”, signs already existed of a...
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National Public Health Task Force Recommends Against Privatization of Retail Alcohol Sales
A report from a task force of national public health experts recommends against further privatization of retail alcohol sales....
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Economic Recovery Part Two: We Need More Action on Jobs and Wages
As we approached February 19, 2011, the second anniversary of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
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Threatening the Promise: Workforce Crisis and Funding Shortfalls Jeopardize Community-Based Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
This 2003 paper provides a status report on community-based Mental Health (MH) and Mental Retardation (MR) services in Pennsylvania....
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Recent Job Growth in Pennsylvania is Healthier than in Most States
The updated job-growth rankings in this policy brief encompass job numbers through 2010. The brief analyzes three different measures...
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Reversing Course in Pennsylvania Higher Education: The Two Tiers in Faculty Pay and Benefits and a Way Forward
This report describes how Pennsylvania’s public colleges and universities employ and compensate full- and part time/adjunct faculty members and...
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