CEPR analyzes how policies affect education and career decisions in the U.S. and abroad.

Reports

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

July 2012, John Schmitt and Janelle Jones

Affording Health Care and Education on the Minimum Wage

March 2012, John Schmitt and Marie-Eve Augier

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

The College Conundrum
December 2010, John Schmitt and Heather Boushey

"Illiteracy" Revisited: What Ortega and Rodríguez Read in the Household Survey
May 2008, David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot

Blogs

Carry On, Wayward Sons

Third Way or Dead End? Autor-Wasserman's Hypothesis that Single Mothers Contribute to the College Gender Gap

Gender, Debt, and Dropping Out

Nearly 1.4 Million Workers Have Below-Poverty Incomes; Most of Them Have Education Beyond High School

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 27 – November 2, 2012

Op-Eds & Columns

Chicago School Teachers Give Us All a Lesson

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, September 17, 2012

Affirmative Action for School Reformers?
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 12, 2012

Obama Has the Right Medicine
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 8, 2008

After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End
Mark Weisbrot
Common Dreams, November 5, 2008

Big Money, Small Money: The War and Student Loans
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 18, 2007

Events

Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action

Press Releases

The Share of Good Jobs has Fallen Since 1979
July 31, 2012

C-SPAN Favors Conservative Think Tanks 3-to-1 Over Left-of-Center, Study Finds
December 18, 2007

"Tag-Team Parenting" Used by Lower-Income, Less-Educated Parents
August 29, 2006

Student Debt Rising Due To Higher College Costs
September 7, 2005

Other Resources

Life, Work and Debt for Generations X and Y
Presentation by Heather Boushey at the New America Foundation, July 27, 2006 (includes video and audio)

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