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

Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers, Report, November 2009
The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008, Report, November 2009
Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment, Issue Brief, October 2009
Unions and Upward Mobility for Service-Sector Workers, Report, April 2009
Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007
, Report, March 2009
Unions and Unemployment: The Battle Over the Employee Free Choice Act Gets Ugly, Op-ed, March 13, 2009
Unions: Ensuring Social Justice for African Americans, Op-ed, April 2, 2008
The Benefits of Unionization: A series of reports produced by CEPR senior economist John Schmitt on the advantages of unionization for lower-wage workers and other groups.

Reports

Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers
November 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Nicole Woo

The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008
November 2009, John Schmitt and Kris Warner

Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment
October 2009, Dean Baker

More Budget Belt-Tightening Means More Job Losses for States
September 2009, Matt Sherman

Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad

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Op-Eds & Columns

An Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours
Dean Baker
The Nation, November 17, 2009

Massive Defense Spending Leads to Job Loss
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 10, 2009

What Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 17, 2009

Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Will Find a Ready Audience
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 10, 2009

Job Situation May Be Improving
Dean Baker
The Washington Note, September 4, 2009

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Press Releases

Asian Pacific American Workers Among the Fastest Growing Groups in the Union Workforce
November 12, 2009

Demographics of the Labor Movement Shift Considerably over the Past 25 Years
November 10, 2009

Play-or-Pay Provisions in Health Care Bills Must be Balanced with Making Coverage Affordable for All Americans
September 18, 2009

New CBO Numbers Paint Grim Picture of Economy
August 25, 2009

U.S. Small Business Sector One of the Smallest Amongst Comparable Countries
August 3, 2009

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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 Bakers 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.

 

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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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