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

Reports

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

Tilting Rightward: C-SPAN's Coverage of Think Tanks
December 2007, Juan Antonio Montecino and Mark Weisbrot

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

Tag-Team Parenting
August 2006, Heather Boushey

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

Op-Eds & Columns

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, Jan. 18, 2007

House Budget Cuts College Aid
Heather Boushey
Sun-Sentinel, November 14, 2005

A Marshall Plan for the Gulf Coast
John Schmitt
Topeka Capital - Journal (KS), October 22, 2005 

Press Releases

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)