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Labor Market/Wages

CEPR identifies and tracks trends affecting American workers and their wages, benefits, and employment opportunities.

Reports

The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers
May 2008, John Schmitt

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

Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
March 2008, John Schmitt

The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007
February 2008, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
January 2008, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

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Op-Eds & Columns

Fannie, Freddie and Minimum Wage
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 28, 2008

A Tax Plan By Any Other Name
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 14, 2008

Free Trade, Why "Free" Matters
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 7, 2008

Help Workers, Not Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 30, 2008

The Meltdown Lowdown, No. 7
Dean Baker
TAP (The American Prospect) Online, May 22, 2008

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Press Releases

Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.7 Percent, Economy Loses 51,000 Jobs
August 1, 2008 (Jobs Byte)

Policymakers Should Promote Access to Driving by Reducing License Suspensions
July 17, 2008

New Report Details Levels of Economic Insecurity and Job Quality in the States
May 20, 2008

Unionization Substantially Increases the Wages of Low-Wage Workers
May 15, 2008

Economy Loses 80,000 Jobs, Unemployment Jumps to 5.1 Percent
April 4, 2008 (Jobs Byte)

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Other Resources

Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life


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) 

The Causes of Economic Hardships for the Middle Class
Dean Baker's 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.

The Mobility Agenda The Mobility Agenda
This project brings new ideas for improving job quality, wages and benefits to the attention of researchers and policymakers.

 

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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)

Flat World, Big Gaps

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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Mark Weisbrot's Column

Dean Baker's TPM Cafe Blog 

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