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CEPR explores critical policy issues such as affordable health care, minimum wage, paid leave policies and student loans.
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Reports
Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad
Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad
Workplace Innovation and Labor Policy Leadership: A Challenge to Business, Labor, and Government
April 2009, Thomas A. Kochan, Eileen Appelbaum, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Carrie Leana, and Richard A. Gephardt
Unions and Upward Mobility for Service-Sector Workers
April 2009, John Schmitt
Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007
March 2009, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer
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Op-Eds & Columns
Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, May 11, 2009
The Bankrupt Debate Over Bankrupting Our Children
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 11, 2009
The Santelli Screed Hits Wrong Target on Mortgage Bailout
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 2, 2009
Rescuing America's Homeowners
Eileen Appelbaum
The American Prospect, February 20, 2009
The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, February 13, 2009
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Other Resources
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The Causes of Economic Hardships for the Middle Class
Dean Baker\'s testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, January 31, 2007
CEPR Work and Family Briefings
Audio files and PowerPoints of presentations for five Congressional briefings on work/life issues (June - October 2006).
Housing Cost Calculator
Compare the cost of owning a home relative to renting for a potential new homeowner.
Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices Means Always Low Wages
Heather Boushey\'s testimony at a congressional field hearing, "Are Americans Shopping Themselves Out of a Job?: A Closer Look at the Wal-Mart Business Model." September 19, 2005
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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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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
(forthcoming in May 2007)
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