1. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Nov. 7 – 10, 2011
(Matching tags: jobs, retirement, labor market)

... Elizabeth Lower-Basch Economic Policy Institute The Myth of Early Retirement Monique Morrissey  ...

2. CEPR News, March 2013
(Matching tags: poverty, venezuela, retirement, inequality, paid sick days, Haiti, Social Security, medicare, Honduras, minimum wage, financial transactions tax)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on Venezuela CEPR marked the March 5th death of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez with op-eds, blog posts and ...

3. New CBO Estimates Show How Shifting to Chained CPI Would Harm Poorly Compensated Workers and Others Struggling to Afford the Basics
(Matching tags: poverty, retirement, inequality, Social Security, income, cost of living)

I wrote back in December about how the shift to a “chained” CPI would have negative impacts that go far beyond Social Security. On March 1, the Congressional Budget Office released a new estimate that ...

4. The Chained CPI is a Bad Deal for Kids and Low-Income Working-Age Adults Too
(Matching tags: poverty, retirement, inequality, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income)

Criticism of proposals to shift to the Chained CPI have focused almost exclusively on how the switch would harm seniors. But as Alan Barber and Nicole recently noted in a CEPR brief, the switch would also ...

5. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, December 8 – 14, 2012
(Matching tags: retirement, labor market, Social Security, taxes, right to work)

...  New Louisiana Retirement Plan is Bad for Workers and Taxpayers Monique Morrissey  ...

6. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, November 17 – 30, 2012
(Matching tags: debt, jobs, retirement, labor market, paid family leave, environment, wages, deficit)

... Farrell Center for Economic Policy and Research More Good Jobs Shawn Fremstad Debt, Deficits, and Demographics: Why We Can Afford the Social Contract Dean Baker Demos State Guaranteed Retirement ...

7. Bad Jobs, Infographic Edition!
(Matching tags: jobs, retirement, health coverage, bad jobs)

... job as one that pays less than $37,000 a year, lacks employer-provided health insurance, and lacks an employer-sponsored retirement plan.  (For more details, see the report or this earlier post.) ...

8. Where Have all the Good Jobs Gone? Infographic Edition
(Matching tags: health, jobs, retirement, labor market, education, employment, good jobs)

... Jones show that the share of good jobs (defined by an earnings threshold of $18.50/hr and the job-based provision of health coverage and a retirement plan) has fallen—even as the age and educational attainment ...

9. Labor Market Policy Research Reports June 30 – July 6, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, retirement, labor market, unemployment)

... Austin Hispanic Metropolitan Unemployment in 2011:  Providence, RI, Again Tops the List Algernon Austin Schwarz Center for Economic Policy Analysis: Near Retirees' Defined Contribution Retirement ...

10. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, April 9 – 13, 2012
(Matching tags: economy, retirement, Social Security, paid family leave, budget, medicaid, SNAP)

... Policy Research The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age David Rosnick and Dean Baker Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Chartbook: SNAP Helps Struggling Families ...