Lawrence Mishel

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Books and Studies

DateTitleType
09/01/08 The State of Working America 2008/2009 Book
03/05/08 The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground Book
12/04/06 Talking Past Each Other: What Everyday Americans Really Think(and Elites Don’t Get)About the Economy Book
08/28/06 The State of Working America 2006-07 Book
05/16/06 Unions and Economic Competitiveness Book
04/19/06 Rethinking high school graduation rates and trends Book
04/04/05 The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement, Book
09/02/04 The State of Working America 2004-05 Book
08/24/04 How Does Teacher Pay Compare? Methodological Challenges and Answers Book
09/02/02 The State of Working America 2002-03 Book
06/01/02 The Class Size Debate Book
09/01/00 The State of Working America 2000-01 Book
12/31/99 Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2000) Study
01/01/99 The State of Working America 1998-99 Book
06/01/97 The Prosperity Gap Study
01/01/97 The State of Working America 1996-97 Book
01/01/95 Beware the U.S. Model: Jobs and Wages in a Deregulated Economy Book
09/01/94 The State of Working America 1994-95 Book
09/01/92 The State of Working America 1992-93 Book
06/01/91 The Myth of the Coming Labor Shortage Study
09/01/90 The State of Working America 1990-91 Book
09/05/88 The State of Working America 1988-89 Book
05/31/88 Manufacturing Numbers: How Inaccurate Statistics Conceal U.S. Industrial Decline Study

Reports

DateTitleType
01/06/10 Employer Health Costs Do Not Drive Wage Trends Issue Brief
10/20/09 Generating jobs for a robust recovery Policy Memo
09/04/09 The recession’s hidden costs Briefing Paper
07/21/09 The job isn’t done: More jobs and family supports needed Policy Memo
01/13/09 Without adequate public spending, a catastrophic recession for some Issue Brief
09/29/08 Bailout plan must help the middle class and grow the economy Policy Memo
04/03/08 Reading the vital signs in the jobs report Issue Brief
01/11/08 Strategy for economic rebound: Smart stimulus to counteract the economic slowdown Briefing Paper
08/30/07 Economy’s Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers’ Paychecks Briefing Paper
02/08/07 Education and the inequality debate Issue Brief
10/23/06 Did international trade lower less-skilled wages during the 1980s? Standard trade theory and evidence Technical Paper
07/12/06 Supervisor in name only: Union rights of eight million workers at stake in Labor Board ruling Issue Brief
04/14/05 Advantage None: Re-Examining Hoxby’s Finding of Charter School Benefits Briefing Paper
10/20/04 Less Cash in Their Pockets: Trends in Incomes, Wages, Taxes, and Health Spending of Middle-Income Fa Briefing Paper
07/27/04 Assessing Job Quality: How Factcheck.org got it wrong Issue Brief
02/05/04 Weak Recovery Claims New Victim: Workers’ Wages Issue Brief
08/26/03 How unions help all workers Briefing Paper
08/26/03 Labor market left behind Briefing Paper
05/13/03 Jobless recovery catches up with wages, stifles growth Issue Brief
04/07/03 EPI Comparison of the Daschle and Bush Economic Stimulus Plans Policy Memo
04/07/03 Generating jobs and growth Briefing Paper
01/01/02 It ain’t over till it’s really over (EPI Briefing Paper) Briefing Paper
08/01/01 ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws and Economic Development in Oklahoma Briefing Paper
05/01/01 Changes in Federal Aid to State and Local Governments, as Proposed in the Bush Administration FY2002 Budget Briefing Paper
03/31/01 Tax Cuts and Consequences: Bush Budget Plan Will Require Steep Reductions in Real Spending Over Next Decade Briefing Paper
09/01/00 Any way you cut it—Income inequality on the rise   regardless of how it’s measured—EPI Briefi Briefing Paper
04/01/00 A comparison of the proposed minimum wage and tax bills Issue Brief
02/01/99 Wages Gain Ground: Workforce Benefits in 1998 From Tighter Labor Markets, Higher Minimum Wage Issue Brief
12/01/98 Wage Inequality in the 1990s Working Paper
07/01/98 Finally, Real Wage Gains: Lower Unemployment, Higher Minimum Wage Spur Recent Wage Growth Issue Brief
02/01/96 Jump-Starting Wage Growth: The High Value of the Minimum Wage Issue Brief
07/01/95 Cutting Wages by Cutting Welfare Briefing Paper
06/01/95 Who Wins With a Higher Minimum Wage Briefing Paper
04/01/95 Profits up, wages down: Worker losses yield big gains for business Briefing Paper
11/01/93 The Political Arithmetic of the NAFTA Vote Briefing Paper
10/01/93 Good Jobs at Good Wages Working Paper
09/01/93 The Joyless Recovery: Deteriorating Wages and Job Quality in the 1990s Briefing Paper
06/01/92 The Myth of the Coming Labor Shortage in Rural Areas Briefing Paper
01/01/92 Declining Wages for High School and College Graduates Briefing Paper
06/01/90 Shortchanging Education Briefing Paper
06/01/88 Advance Notice of Plant Closings: Benefits Outweigh the Costs Briefing Paper
01/01/88 Better Jobs or Working Longer for Less Working Paper

Web-only Content

DateTitleType
02/09/10 Number of job seekers per job opening remains high in December Economic Indicators
01/27/10 Spending freeze could spell disaster Analysis & Opinion
12/08/09 EPI applauds Obama’s focus on jobs Analysis & Opinion
12/03/09 “We can’t afford not to act.” Analysis & Opinion
11/17/09 Spotlight on the Jobs Crisis [event] Analysis & Opinion
11/12/09 EPI applauds White House summit on jobs Analysis & Opinion
11/06/09 Mishel on double-digit unemployment Analysis & Opinion
11/05/09 Mishel weighs in on White House Middle Class Task Force Analysis & Opinion
10/26/09 In praise of reining in runaway pay Analysis & Opinion
09/08/09 Lawrence Mishel: What the Economy Needs Now (presentation at Momentum 2009) Other
09/02/09 This Labor Day, wage erosion continues to hurt employed workers Economic Snapshots
09/01/09 Long-term unemployment soars Economic Indicators
09/01/09 Why the public option should not be negotiable in health care reform Analysis & Opinion
08/12/09 Nearly six unemployed workers per job but ratio does not worsen Economic Indicators
08/03/09 The steep rise in unemployment continues Economic Indicators
07/10/09 Tax cuts won’t create jobs Analysis & Opinion
06/16/09 Highest unemployment rate since 1983 Economic Indicators
06/03/09 The Wage Implosion Economic Indicators
06/02/09 The worst downturn since the Great Depression Economic Indicators
05/21/09 Sounding the Alarm: Update on the Economic Downturn Other
05/07/09 Seven million jobs needed to return to pre-recession employment levels Economic Indicators
02/28/09 Corporate group tries, fails to discredit economic argument Analysis & Opinion
02/12/09 EPI statement on economic recovery package Analysis & Opinion
01/29/09 Time to rescind wasteful business tax cuts from stimulus Analysis & Opinion
01/28/09 Union membership grows despite difficult economy Analysis & Opinion
01/10/09 Tax cut approach has already been tried and failed as stimulus Analysis & Opinion
01/08/09 Call for urgent action is justified by economic trends Analysis & Opinion
11/05/08 New Day for U.S. Economic Policy Analysis & Opinion
09/16/08 Building Shared Prosperity Other
06/18/08 Income inequality continues staggering 25-year growth trend Economic Snapshots
06/04/08 Education Week’s graduation rate estimates are ‘‘exceedingly inaccurate,’’ experts say Viewpoints
05/13/08 Inhospitable Job Market to Greet College Graduates Economic Snapshots
04/30/08 The teaching penalty—We can’t recruit and retain excellent educators on the cheap Viewpoints
04/18/08 Report distorted the debate Viewpoints
03/11/08 Escape from Recession: What you should know about the economic stimulus package Viewpoints
03/05/08 Teacher pay disadvantage soars Economic Snapshots
01/24/08 Statement by EPI President Lawrence Mishel on stimulus deal reached by White House and Congress Viewpoints
01/16/08 Rich man, poor man: The life expectancy gap Economic Snapshots
01/15/08 Testimony Before the Joint Economic Committee Hearing on ‘What Should the Federal Government Do to Avoid a Recession?’ Viewpoints
12/19/07 Future jobs much like current jobs Economic Snapshots
11/14/07 The Characteristics of Offshorable Jobs Viewpoints
10/01/07 Schools as Scapegoats Viewpoints
09/27/07 When wage rates grow unequally Economic Snapshots
07/31/07 Who’s Grabbing All the New Pie? Economic Snapshots
06/25/07 Americans’ Ambivalence about the Economy: Beyond Rose’s Rosy Scenario Viewpoints
05/31/07 Response to Marc Tucker Viewpoints
03/28/07 Recent income gains went to those with highest income Economic Snapshots
03/26/07 The right to organize, freedom, and the middle class squeeze (testimony) Viewpoints
02/15/07 Testimony before the Labor-HHS Education Subcommittee, Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives Viewpoints
02/05/07 Jay Greene’s persistent misuse of data for teacher pay comparisons Viewpoints
01/29/07 Globalization that works for working Americans Viewpoints
01/03/07 Keep it Clean: There’s no good reason to lard the coming minimum wage bill with extraneous new tax cuts. Viewpoints
08/15/06 Employers shift health insurance costs onto workers Economic Snapshots
06/26/06 CEO-Minimum Wage Ratio Soars Economic Snapshots
06/21/06 CEO-to-worker pay imbalance grows Economic Snapshots
03/08/06 The Exaggerated Dropout Crisis Viewpoints
02/21/06 Earnings premium for skilled workers down sharply in recent years Economic Snapshots
12/12/05 Union declines hurt all workers Viewpoints
10/04/05 Alternative is no solution—On average, charter students don’t do better than public counterparts Viewpoints
08/31/05 Income Picture: August 31, 2005 Economic Indicators
05/15/05 Lifting cap on Social Security taxes would rescue retirement program Viewpoints
01/16/05 Do charter schools cut it? No Viewpoints
08/25/04 Teacher pay falls behind that of other workers over last ten years Economic Snapshots
07/21/04 Jobs in the future: No boom in the need for college graduates Economic Snapshots
06/09/04 Job prospects dim for new high school graduates Economic Snapshots
05/19/04 Unfettered Markets, Income Inequality and Religious Values Viewpoints
01/16/04 A tale of two economies Viewpoints
05/04/03 Reducing taxes will cost jobs and bloat deficit—Democratic short-term stimulus package would work Viewpoints
04/27/03 The Economy, the War and Choosing Our Future Viewpoints
03/07/03 Current job losses worse than in past recessions Economic Snapshots
07/31/02 CEOs make in a day what average worker does in a year Economic Snapshots
03/04/02 New Paradigm or Old Fashion? Viewpoints
02/20/02 Business sector declines mean longer recession Economic Snapshots
10/24/01 Employment trend will go from bad to worse Economic Snapshots
10/03/01 Imbalances in income growth Economic Snapshots
09/06/00 The truth about taxes Economic Snapshots
09/06/00 Not your father’s pension plan Economic Snapshots
04/05/00 Growing inequality between middle- and high-wage workers Economic Snapshots
07/02/99 Jobs Picture, July 2, 1999 Economic Indicators

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