Publications

This paper examines how reconstruction in New Orleans could be funded by the windfall profits from oil companies such as Exxon. It presents the arguments for imposing a windfall tax and the revenues t...chevron_right

This paper explores the employment prospects for US workers during the first five years of the 21st century. It compares employment growth during the post-2001 economic recovery to that of the prior f...chevron_right

This joint study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the National Employment Law Project analyzes the alternative base period (ABP), a policy reform that makes it easier for low-wage wo...chevron_right

This issue brief explains the basic facts about the US housing market as of 2005. It lays out the evidence that the rise in housing prices constitutes a housing bubble — and explains what can be expec...chevron_right

This brief assesses Venezuela’s economic performance during the presidency of Hugo Chavez, post-1999. It credits President Chavez with reversing Venezuela’s long-term economic decline and explores the...chevron_right

This paper outlines problems that will emerge before the US national pension scheme, Social Security, faces a funding shortfall. It argues that issues other than Social Security funding are of greater...chevron_right

This paper builds upon previous research in order to correct the labor force status errors in the US decennial census in order to produce corrected estimates of employment-to-population ratios. The au...chevron_right

This paper examines the distributional impact of adopting a ‘progressive indexation’ formula for US Social Security benefits, the national pension scheme. It shows that ‘progressive’ Social Security b...chevron_right

This paper projects the impact of ‘progressive indexation’ on US Social Security rates of return. It calculates rates of return for wage earners corresponding to the Social Security Administration's d...chevron_right

This joint CEPR/Economic Policy Institute issue brief examines whether receiving unemployment insurance (UI) increases the likelihood of workers in the US getting employer-sponsored health insurance (...chevron_right

This report examines the link between family friendly policies and women’s wages in the US. It finds that mothers with access to maternity leave earn more as they move through their careers than mothe...chevron_right

This paper compares national pension financing and defense spending in the US. It finds that the additional spending required to maintain US military dominance is likely to be many times larger than t...chevron_right

This paper compares national pension financing and prescription drug spending in the US. It shows that the projected funding gap for Social Security is relatively minor when juxtaposed to the rise in ...chevron_right

This paper describes the scale and growth of economic inequality in the US since the end of the 1970s and analyzes some of the economic and political forces that account for these developments. The au...chevron_right

This paper highlights the importance of Social Security, the national pension scheme in the US, as a child anti-poverty measure. It finds that more low-income children live in families that receive a ...chevron_right