January 28, 2011
This is the second install of a new weekly feature at the CEPR blog. Every Friday, we’ll post a list of labor market related policy research reports from progressive research centers around the country. This week, reports from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), and the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).
Center for American Progress
Unconstitutional and Costly: The High Price of Local Immigration Enforcement
Gebe Martinez
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
TANF Responded Unevenly to Increase in Need During Downturn: Findings Suggest Needed Improvements When Program Reauthorized
LaDonna Pavetti, Danilo Trisi, and Liz Schott
Economic Policy Institute
Beyond ‘Normal’: Raising the Retirement Age is the Wrong Approach for Social Security
Monique Morrissey and Anna Turner
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Social Security: Especially Vital to Women and People of Color, Men Increasingly Reliant
Heidi Hartmann, Jeff Hayes, Robert Drago
Political Economy Research Institute
Achieving Ethical Trade through Social Tariffs: The SITS Regime
George DeMartino, Jonathan Moyer, and Kate Watkins