Sylvia A. Allegretto
Economist
Publications by Sylvia A. Allegretto
Report
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March 30, 2011 | The Teaching Penalty: An update through 2010
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March 24, 2011 | The state of working America’s wealth, 2011: Through volatility and turmoil, the gap widens
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Feb. 28, 2011 | Does ‘right-to-work’ create jobs? Answers from Oklahoma
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Feb. 28, 2011 | What’s wrong with ‘right-to-work’: Chamber’s numbers don’t add up
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Feb. 23, 2011 | Waiting for Change: The $2.13 Federal Subminimum Wage
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Jan. 26, 2006 | The wage squeeze and higher health care costs
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Aug. 30, 2005 | Basic family budgets: Working families’ incomes often fail to meet living expenses around the U.S.
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May 25, 2005 | The rising stakes of job loss: Stubborn long-term joblessness amid falling unemployment rates
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Feb. 16, 2005 | The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long
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March 3, 2004 | Educated, experienced, and out of work: Long-term joblessness continues to plague the unemployed
Economic snapshot
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Jan. 24, 2007 | Workers returned to the labor market as employment opportunities expanded
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Oct. 11, 2006 | Dow’s all-time high inconsequential for most Americans
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Sept. 6, 2006 | The Gender Pay Gap is the Smallest on Record — Not Necessarily Good News
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Aug. 22, 2006 | Wealth inequality is vast and growing
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July 19, 2006 | U.S. Government Does Little to Lessen Child Poverty Rates
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April 11, 2006 | Increasing health costs can’t explain earnings dip for low-wage workers
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Aug. 31, 2005 | Basic family budgets better reveal the hardships in America
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Aug. 24, 2005 | U.S. workers enjoy far fewer vacation days than Europeans
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May 18, 2005 | Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment continue to diverge
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Oct. 27, 2004 | Female job seekers have fewer opportunities than in the past
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Aug. 11, 2004 | Current recovery blind to education attainment
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June 22, 2004 | Social expenditures and child poverty—the U.S. is a noticeable outlier
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Feb. 18, 2004 | The highly educated are the latest victims of the weak recovery
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Jan. 20, 2004 | Economic evidence supports the need for Congress to resume TEUC
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Sept. 10, 2003 | Further evidence of weak demand for new employees
Economic Indicators
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Jan. 18, 2006 | Wages Picture: January 18, 2006
Testimony
Book
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March 5, 2008 | The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground
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Aug. 28, 2006 | The State of Working America 2006/2007
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Sept. 2, 2004 | The State of Working America 2004-05
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Aug. 24, 2004 | How Does Teacher Pay Compare? Methodological Challenges and Answers

Commentary
April 30, 2008 | The teaching penalty—We can’t recruit and retain excellent educators on the cheap
Jan. 12, 2006 | The American industry in crisis: Threats to middle-class jobs, wages, health care and pensions