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Dec 06, 2007
When cities see a construction boom, workers in the industry should benefit as much as the developers. But in New York City, according to a new report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, Building Up New York, Tearing Down Job Quality, at least 50,000 construction workers are employed off the books or misclassified as independent contractors to cheat them out of fair wages. On top of lost wages, all levels of government lost out on an estimated $489 million in unpaid taxes in 2005 alone.
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Research Roundup
Nov 15, 2007
A study of Indiana's voter ID rules finds that many registered voters in Indiana lack the required photo identification required under the law, meaning legally qualified voters are being disenfranchised.  The report by the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race finds that African Americans, the elderly, less educated, and lower-income voters are disproportionately disenfranchised under the law.
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Research Roundup
Nov 08, 2007

Good jobs - jobs that pay at least $17 an hour and provide health insurance and a pension -- declined by 3.5 million between 2000 and 2006 according to a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.  Key to the decline was the erosion of employer-provided health insurance (down 3.1%) and employer-sponsored pension and retirement-savings plans (down 4.9%).

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Research Roundup
Nov 01, 2007
A number of new immigration-related reports were released this week:
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Research Roundup
Oct 25, 2007
In two new reports, the Urban Institute highlights data on how government can encourage low-income families to save and acquire assets for long-term economic empowerment:
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Research Roundup
Oct 18, 2007
With the vote on SCHIP today, there's a flurry of new reports and polls. 
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Research Roundup
Oct 11, 2007
While the right-wing complains that SCHIP encourages parents to drop employer health coverage for their kids, less discussed is the fact that families with employer-sponsored insurance spend as much as 12.9% of income in out-of-pocket copays and other expenses. The Urban Institute highlights why SCHIP is so important in expanding coverage and also helping families gain access to affordable health care coverage.
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Research Roundup
Oct 04, 2007

The National Institute on Money in State Politics has released a series of new reports:

  • A new report on independent expenditures details how they are playing an increasing role in state politics, with $115 million in independent expenditures spent in just five states - Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine and Washington - where data was readily available. 
  • Unfortunately, while 39 states have some statutory reporting requirements for state-level disclosure, only those five states make such information available in comprehensive and relevant formats. Another Institute report, Indecent Disclosure, highlights the disclosure law problems state-by-state and recommends how to fix them.
  • And in Closing the Gap: State Party Finances Four Years After BCRA, the Institute found that state political parties raised $454.6 million in 2006, a drop from the $569.4 million raised in the similar 2002 election cycle. Yet the top 10 largest individual donors gave $25 million collectively in 2006, more than the top 20 individual donors in 2002 who gave slightly less than $9 million.
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