Pensionomics: Public Pensions Fuel Economic Activity Across Pa.
Public pension benefits earned by Pennsylvania school and state employees inject millions of dollars into regional and county economies...
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A Misguided ‘Solution’ to a Nonexistent Problem: The High Cost to Taxpayers of Forcing Florida Public Employees Into Lower-Quality Retirement Plans
On March 22, 2013, the Florida House of Representatives approved a major restructuring of Florida’s public employee retirement system...
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Pennsylvania’s Still-Lagging Economic Growth: PA job and unemployment trends through April 2014
Every fall, KRC Press Releases “The State of Working Pennsylvania,” a detailed analysis of employment, unemployment, wages, poverty, and...
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Analysis of Tobash Proposal: Moving Backwards on Pension Reform
This policy brief analyzes the impact of the latest pension proposal from Representative Mike Tobash. In analyzing the Corbett-Tobash...
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Living on the Edge: Where Very Low-wage Workers Live in Pennsylvania
This Reports and Briefing Papers estimates the number of workers in each Pennsylvania county and metropolitan area that would...
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Policy Brief: Pennsylvania’s Lagging Economic Growth
Pennsylvania’s economy, jobs, and unemployment continue to be among the top issues of concern for state residents in opinion...
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Oklahoma Pension Plans: A House Finally in Order
Oklahoma’s state pension funds, including its biggest plan covering Oklahoma teachers, have historically been among the less well-funded in...
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Exaggerating the Employment Impacts of Shale Drilling: How and Why
Over the last several years, firms with an economic interest in the expansion of drilling in the Marcellus and...
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Top 10 Facts on SB 1
Senate Bill 1 would remove future Pennsylvania state and school employees from the state’s existing defined benefit pension (DB)...
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A Bad Deal for Pennsylvania: Raising Phone Rates and Putting Telephone Service at Risk
House Bill 1608 is part of a wave of phone deregulation bills introduced around the country in recent years....
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All Pennsylvanians Prospering Together (APP): A Pennsylvania Economic Development Strategy for the Long Term
The U.S. and Pennsylvania economies are finally recovering from the Great Recession, but virtually none of the benefits of...
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Cash Balance Pension Plan Could Hurt Public Employees and Taxpayers
This Reports and Briefing Papers provides basic information on how cash balance plans work and considers their implications for...
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