September 16, 2011
A roundup of the labor market research reports released this week and last week.
Center for American Progress
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Letting Payroll Tax Cut Expire Would Shrink Worker Paychecks and Damage Weak Economy
Chuck Marr and Brian Highsmith
Demos
Help Wanted: America Needs A Better Jobs Plan
David Callahan and Tamara Draut
Economic Policy Institute
‘Right to Work’: The Wrong answer for Michigan’s Economy
Gordon Lafer
Employment Policy Research Network
The State of the Unions in 2011: A Profile of Union Membership in Los Angeles, California and the Nation
Lauren D. Appelbaum and Ben Zipperer
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
The Gender Wage Gap: 2010
Ariane Hegewisch and Claudia Williams
National Employment Law Project
Criminal Background Check Protections for Long-Term Care Workers
Maurice Emsellem and Michelle Natividad Rodriguez