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CEPR researches economic performance and social indicators in Europe and the United States.

Reports

The IMF’s Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine
September 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

An International Comparison of Small Business Employment
August 2009, John Schmitt and Nathan Lane

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann

Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
May 2009, Jody Heymann, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, and Alison Earle

U.S. Unemployment Now As High as Europe
May 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Shawn Fremstad

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Op-Eds & Columns

IMF Shouldn't Get Money Without Reform
Mark Weisbrot   En español  
New York Times and International Herald Tribune, April 24, 2009

It's the Global Economy (Stupid) or Is It?
Mark Weisbrot   En español  
The Guardian Unlimited, April 8, 2009

Europe's Leaders Must Say "Stimulus"
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, April 2, 2009

G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World
Mark Weisbrot  
The Guardian Unlimited, April 1, 2009

"Buy Keynesian"
John Schmitt
February 10, 2009

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Press Releases

IMF Conditions Harmful to Vulnerable Eastern European Economies

September 10, 2009

U.K.’s Living Standards Will Still Lag Behind the U.S.
January 11, 2008

U.S. Productivity Growth Still Trails Europe
June 12, 2007

Does the Financial Times Believe the U.S. Unemployment Rate is 13 Percent?
June 5, 2007

U.S. Only Advanced Economy That Does Not Guarantee Workers Paid Vacation
May 16, 2007

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Other Resources

Low-Wage European Research Network (LoWER)
This international network brings together European researchers on wages, inequality, immigration, gender and employment behaviour to address the problem of social exclusion.

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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:
Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty And Inequality
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
Published in association with the United Nations (2007)

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