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The Human Capital Dimensions of Sustainable Investment: What Investment Analysts Need to Know

March 2013, Thomas Kochan, Eileen Appelbaum, Carrie Leana, and Jody Hoffer Gittell

Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?

February 2013, John Schmitt

Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities

November 2012, Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Vallas

More Good Jobs

November 2012, Shawn Fremstad

Married … Without Means

November 2012, Shawn Fremstad

Reducing Inequality and Insecurity: Rethinking Labor and Employment Policy for the 21st Century

November 2012, Eileen Appelbaum

Small-Dollar Lending: Is There A Responsible Path Forward?

August 2012, Jim Campen

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

July 2012, John Schmitt and Janelle Jones

Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

July 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Attacking the Treasury View, Again

June 2012, Dean Baker

The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age

April 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Macroeconomic Policy, Labor Market Institutions and Employment Outcomes

December 2011, Eileen Appelbaum

Talking About Poverty in a Jobs and Economy Framework

September 2011, Shawn Fremstad

The Children’s Supplemental Security Income Program: A Review of Recent Research and Trends

August 2011, Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Vallas

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Income, Inequality and Food Prices
December 2010, Shawn Fremstad

A Modern Framework for Measuring Poverty and Basic Economic Security
April 2010, Shawn Fremstad

Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979
October 2009, John Schmitt

Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad

The Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts After the Collapse of the Housing Bubble
February 2009, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Summary of Tax Provisions in Economic Recovery Legislation
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Leave No Child Behind
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Measuring Poverty and Economic Inclusion
December 2008, Shawn Fremstad

The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity: An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
October 2008, Hye Jin Rho, Danilo Pelletiere, and Dean Baker

The Impact of the Housing Crash on Family Wealth
July 2008, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Housing Crash and the Retirement Prospects of Late Baby Boomers
June 2008, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Working Families and Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports
May 2008, Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray and Hye Jin Rho

The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package
January 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

No-Vacation Nation
May 2007, Rebecca Ray and John Schmitt

Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
March 2007, Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, Margy Waller

2007 Housing Bubble Update: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
February 2007, Dean Baker

Universal Voluntary Accounts: A Step Towards Fixing the Retirement System
December 2006, Dean Baker

Tag-Team Parenting
August 2006, Heather Boushey

The Origins of the Doughnut Hole: Excess Profits on Prescription Drugs
August 2006, Dean Baker

Waste in the Medicare Drug Benefit: Why the Doughnut Hole is Unnecessary
July 2006, Dean Baker

Beyond the Conservative Nanny State: Policies to Promote Self-Sufficiency Among the Wealthy
July 2006, Dean Baker

Is the Housing Bubble Collapsing? 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
June 2006, Dean Baker

Analysis of NY 'Fair Share for Health Care' Bill
May 2006, John Schmitt

Are Women Opting Out? Debunking the Myth
November 2005, Heather Boushey

Is There a Housing Bubble?
September 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Student Debt: Bigger and Bigger
September 2005, Heather Boushey

Are Copyrights a Textbook Scam? Alternatives for Financing Textbook Production in the 21st Century
September 2005, Dean Baker

Gender Bias in the Current Economic Recovery?: Declining Employment Rates for Women in the 21st Century
August 2005, Heather Boushey, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

The Housing Bubble Fact Sheet
July 2005, Dean Baker

Things That Will Happen Before Social Security Faces a Shortfall
June 2005, Dean Baker

No Way Out: How Prime Age Workers Get Trapped in Minimum Wage Jobs
May 2005, Heather Boushey

Social Security Rates of Return with "Progressive Indexation"
May 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Regressive Impact of the Progressive Indexation of Social Security Benefits
May 2005, Dean Baker

Bigger Than the Social Security Crisis: Wasteful Spending on Prescription Drugs
April 2005, Dean Baker

Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s
April 2005, John Schmitt

When Done Right, Work Supports Work: Medicaid and Mothers' Employment and Wages
March 2005, Heather Boushey

Basic Facts on Social Security and Proposed Benefit Cuts/Privatization
March 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Burden of Social Security Taxes and the Burden of Wage Inequality
March 2005, Dean Baker

Empty Promises: The Benefits to African American Men of Private Accounts Under President Bush's Social Security Plan
February 2005, Dean Baker

The Effects on Employment and Wages When Medicaid and Child Care Subsidies are No Longer Available
January 2005, Heather Boushey

Who's Dreaming? Homeownership Among Low Income Families
January 2005, Dean Baker

The No Economist/Policy Analyst Left Behind Test for Social Security
November 2004, Dean Baker

Bad Times: The Impact of Changes in Work Schedules on Productivity Growth
November 2004, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

Recent Job Loss Hits the African-American Middle Class Hard
October 2004, John Schmitt

Dangerous Trends: The Growth of Debt in the U.S. Economy
September 2004, Dean Baker

Analysis of the Upcoming Release of 2003 Data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
August 2004, Heather Boushey

Health Insurance Data Briefs
April 2004, Heather Boushey, Joseph Wright, and Mayra Murray Díaz

For Welfare Reform to Work, Jobs Must Be Available
April 2004, Heather Boushey and David Rosnick

The Housing Bubble in New England
January 2004, Dean Baker

Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit
December 2003, Dean Baker

Homeownership in a Bubble: The Fast Path to Poverty
August 2003, Dean Baker and Simone Baribeau

The Debt Explosion Among College Graduates
April 2003, Heather Boushey

The Dividend Tax Break: Taxing Logic
January 2003, Dean Baker

Dangerous Minds: The Track Record of Economic and Financial Analysts
December 2002, Dean Baker

The Costs of the Stock Market Bubble
November 2000, Dean Baker