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

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, May 25 – May 31, 2013

McKinsey on Young College Graduates

Young College Graduates: Overqualified

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, March 23 – April 12, 2013

Carry On, Wayward Sons

Op-Eds & Columns

Student Loans on the Cheap

Dean Baker
Truthout, June 5, 2013

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

Events

A Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency: Setting the Political Agenda for 2014 and 2016

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)

Latest Press Hits

• Student Loans on the Cheap
  Truthout, June 05, 2013


• Qui paie bien ses profs s'enrichit...
  Le Monde, May 22, 2013


• Why Don't Young People Want Cars?
  The Detroit News, May 09, 2013


• More Proof That Unionization Dramatically Increases Good Jobs
  SEIU Blog, May 09, 2013


• Public Education Fights for Its Life
  Truthout, April 17, 2013