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Responsible Contracting, Family Friendly Workplaces, Asset Buildng in Low-Income Communities, and More
Aug 13, 2009
Research Roundup: Responsible Contracting, Family Friendly Workplaces, Asset Buildng in Low-Income Communities, and More
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Research Roundup: Small Business Employment, Credit Card Use in Recession, Poverty and Pregnancy, Implementing Election Reform,
Aug 06, 2009
An International Comparison of Small Business Employment - Contrary to popular perceptions, the United States has a much smaller small-business sector (as a share of total employment) than other countries at a comparable level of economic development, according to this new Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) report.  The report highlights how high health insurance costs and uncertain access discourages small business formation and self-employment in the United States compared to other nations.
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Research Roundup: Health care, budget crisis, minimum wage, transportation, New Americans, higher education
Jul 30, 2009
Doctors Speak Out for Health Reform - "Health Care Reform: 450,000 Doctors Can't be Wrong" - The American Academy of Family Physicians and Herndon Alliance have produced a video featuring family doctors speaking out for reform. The doctors’ voice for health care reform is an important one for the public to hear. In this video, doctors discuss the challenges they face in providing quality of care imposed by the status quo.  Doctors affirm that the reform being discussed is in the best interest of America's families and physicians: that it will help provide for quality care at affordable costs.
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Research Roundup: Nine Years of Job Growth Wiped Out, Millions of Workers to Benefit from Minimum Wage Increase, and Much More
Jul 16, 2009
Nine Years of Job Growth Wiped Out, Millions of Workers to Benefit from Minimum Wage Increase, Summer Nutrition Status Report, and Much More
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Research Roundup: Health Care Reform, African Americans See Weekly Wage Decline, New Reports on Civil Legal Aid and More
Jul 09, 2009
Research Roundup: Every State Needs Health Care Reform, African Americans See Weekly Wage Decline, New Reports on Civil Legal Aid for Low-Income Families, and More
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Research Roundup: State Budget Troubles Worsen, Impacts of Foreclosure, Anticipated Results of the Health Families Act
Jul 02, 2009
Research Roundup: State Budget Troubles Worsen, The Impacts of Foreclosure on Families and Communities, Anticipated Results of the 2009 Healthy Families Act, and Much More
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Research Roundup: No Economic Recovery without Cities, The Economic Benefits of Clean Energy, and Much More
Jun 25, 2009

Recovery plan and green initiatives:

  • No Economic Recovery Without Cities: The Urgency Of A New Federal Urban Policy 
  • The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy  
  • A Short Guide to Setting Up a City-Scale Retrofit Program 

How to Structure a "Play-or-Pay" Requirement on Employers: Lessons from California for National Health Reform 

It's Time We Talked: Mandatory Mediation in the Foreclosure Process 

The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense

Paid Family Leave: One Solution to Helping Today’s Working Families Meet Their Family Responsibilities at Critical Times

Families USA has released new issue briefs on implementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)

Reports and studies out on immigration

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Research Roundup: How the downturn is effecting jobs, new studies on health disparities, the clean energy economy, and much more
Jun 11, 2009

How the downturn is effecting jobs, youth and unemployment insurance systems:

  • Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 
  • Gen Next Squeezed By Recession, But Most See Better Times Ahead 
  • Unemployment Insurance Buckles After Years of Underfunding and States’ Unemployment Insurance Funds Founder After Years of Poor Planning 

New Studies on Health Disparities:

  • Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap 
  • Putting Women's Health Care Disparities On The Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level

The Clean Energy Economy 

Spending by Another Name: The 2009 Ohio Tax Expenditure Report
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