February 05, 2016
The following reports on labor market policy were recently released:
Economic Policy Institute
States Heavily Reliant on the Energy Sector Had a Tough Year, but Most Other States Finished 2015 Heading in the Right Direction
David Cooper
The Obama Administration Pushes for a Better Response to Unemployment
Ross Eisenbrey
The H-2B Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Daniel Costa
Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance
David Cooper
Political Economy Research Institute
Is a $15 Minimum Wage Economically Feasible?
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
National Employment Law Project
How Much Do New York’s Workers Need? At Least $15 per hour – Both Upstate and Down
NELP
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
#39: “Current Challenges to Workers and Unions in Brazil”
Roberto Véras de Oliveira
Urban Institute
Women In Pakistan’s Urban Informal Economy
Ammar A. Malik, Hadida Majis, Husnain Fateh, Iromi Perera
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Access to Paid Sick Time in St. Paul, Minnesota
Jenny Xia
Women Gain 55 Percent of Jobs in Last Year, 77 Percent in Last Month
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Center for American Progress
Women and Families’ Economic Security in New Hampshire
Sarah Jane Glynn, Brendan Duke, Danielle Corley
