October 14, 2011
A roundup of the labor market research reports released this week.
Demos
Worth Working For: Strategies For Turning Bad Jobs Into Quality Employment
Ben Peck and Amy Traub
Economic Policy Institute
Assessing the job impact of guidelines for marketing food and beverage products to children
John Irons
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Valuing Good Health in Denver: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
Kevin Miller, Ph.D. and Claudia Williams
National Employment Law Project
Filling the Good Jobs Deficit: An Economic Recovery Agenda for Our States and Cities
Anastasia Christman and Christine Riordan
Hanging On By a Thread: Renew Federal Unemployment Insurance to Aid Families, Boost Stalled Economy; Nearly Two Million Jobless Workers Face Premature Cut-Off in January 2012
Political Economy Research Institute
What Does the Literature Tell Us About the Possible Effect of Changing Retirement Benefits on Public Employee Effectiveness?
Christian E. Weller