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CEPR identifies and tracks trends affecting American workers and their wages, benefits, and employment opportunities.
In Focus
Three Things to Love (and a Few More to Hate) About Obama’s Jobs Plan
Dean Baker
The New Republic, September 15, 2011
Improving Job Quality: Direct Care Workers in the U.S.
September 2, 2011, Eileen Appelbaum and Carrie Leana
The Risk of Dismissal for Union Organizing and the Need to Modify the Process
July 19, 2011, National Labor Relations Board
The Benefits of Unionization: A series of reports produced by CEPR senior economist John Schmitt on the advantages of unionization for lower-wage workers and other groups.
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Op-Eds & Columns
Working Families Flexibility Act Undermines 40-Hour Workweek
Eileen Appelbaum
Congress Blog (The Hill), April 8, 2013
March Jobs Report Will End Talk of an Accelerating Recovery
Dean Baker
Politix, April 5, 2013
The Attack on Social Security and Disability: Profiting From Mistakes
Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), April 4, 2013
Profit Shares Hit New Highs, Washington Focuses on Disability
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 1, 2013
Reducing Unemployment: Lessons from Germany
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 1, 2013
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Testimony
Testimony on Return Assumptions on New Mexico Pension Plans
January 23, 2013, Joint Session of the Labor and Education Committees New Mexico State Legislature
Comments on Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service
February 22, 2012, U.S. Department of Labor
Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade on "Where the Jobs Are: Employment Trends and Analysis"
February 15, 2012, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
The Risk of Dismissal for Union Organizing and the Need to Modify the Process
July 19, 2011, National Labor Relations Board
The Crisis of Poverty in America
September 30, 2010, John Schmitt’s Statement before the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus Hearing on "An Emergency Response to the Crisis of Poverty in America"
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Other Resources
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Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life
with chapters by John Schmitt, Ben Zipperer, Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick Baywood Publishing Co. (2007)
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The Causes of Economic Hardships for the Middle Class
Dean Bakers testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, January 31, 2007
CEPR Economics Seminar Series
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues
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Bridging the Gaps
CEPR is teaming up with state and national groups to document the persistent gaps between low-income working families basic needs and the resources available to them.
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Services and Employment:
Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
with two chapters co-authored by John Schmitt
Princeton University Press (2007)
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Flat World, Big Gaps:
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(forthcoming in May 2007)
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Latest Press Hits
- Despite Defeat in Philadelphia, Battle Over Paid Sick Leave Rages Nationwide
NBC 10 Philadelphia, April 05, 2013
- Fox Smears Striking NYC Fast Food Workers While Pushing Minimum Wage Myths
Media Matters for America, April 05, 2013
- Abolish the Minimum Wage??!! A Debate
Huffington Post, April 04, 2013
- McDonald’s Strike Demands $15 Hourly For Fast Food Jobs, Are They Serious?
The Inquisitr, April 04, 2013
- Senator’s Wage Claim is Outrageous
Fourth Estate, April 03, 2013
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