October 16, 2014
The following reports on labor market policy were recently released:
Center for American Progress
A Win-Win for Working Families and State Budgets: Pairing Medicaid Expansion and a $10.10 Minimum Wage
Rachel West and Michael Reich
Retailer Revelations: Why America’s Struggling Middle Class Has Businesses Scared
Brendan V. Duke and Ike Lee
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Most States Still Funding Schools Less Than Before the Recession
Michael Leachman and Chris Mai
Economic Policy Institute
The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles
Richard Rothstein
National Employment Law Project
Lessons Learned: Maximizing the Potential of Work-Sharing in the United States
George Wentworth, Claire McKenna, and Lynn Minick
Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Are U.S. Workers Ready for Retirement? Trends in Plan Sponsorship, Participation and Preparedness
Teresa Ghilarducci, Joelle Saad-Lessler, and Kate Bahn
Urban Institute
State Economic Monitor: October 2014
Richard C. Auxier