Research - Economic Well-Being

Economic Well Being

2013

• 2012 Community Impact Report Travis County
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children National Center for Children in Poverty
• Bridges to Better Jobs: How Texas Can Equip Texas Adults For Good Careers Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation Center for Housing Policy/ Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Low-Income Working Families: The Growing Economic Gap The Working Poor Families Project
• New Poverty Data Provide Key Insights into Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Center for American Progress
• Reconnecting America: Are We There Yet? Reconnecting America
• Rental Housing Market Condition Measures: A Comparison of U.S. Metropolitan Areas From 2009 to 2011 U.S. Census Bureau
• State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: A State-by-State Analysis Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing in the 21st Century Housing Assistance Council
• Top Ten Facts About Social Security Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

2012

• At Risk: America's Poor During and After the Great Recession Indiana University: School of Public and Environmental Affairs
• Choosing the Road to Prosperity: Why We Must End Too Big to Fail, Now Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Data Points 2011: Year in Review Capital Area Council of Governments
• Economic Outlook and Financial Forecast Presentations City of Austin
• Education and the Economy: Boosting the Nation's Economy by Improving High School Graduation Rates Among Students of Color and Native Students Alliance for Excellent Education
• Opportunity Austin: 2004-Present Austin Chamber of Commerce
• The Credential Differential: The Public Return to Increasing Postsecondary Credential Attainment CLASP
• The Economic Benefits of Reducing Violent Crime: A Case Study of 8 American Cities Center for American Progress
• The Economic Impact of the Creative Sector in Austin TXP Report to the City of Austin
• The State of Working America Economic Policy Institute

2011

• 2011 Economic Research Working Papers Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Building Economic Security in America's Cities: New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment The Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Can Savings Help Overcome Income Instability? The Urban Institute
• Children of Immigrants: Economic Well-Being The Urban Institute
• The Class of 2011: Young Workers Face a Dire Labor Market without a Safety Net Economic Policy Institute
• Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2004–2006 U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau
• The Economic Impact of Illicit Drug Use on American Society U.S. Department of Justice: National Drug Intelligence Center
• Economic Outlook & General Fund Financial Forecast Presentation City of Austin
• Economic Update: What National Trends Mean for Local Planning Economic Policy Institute
• The Economic Value of Improving the Health of Disadvantaged Americans 2011 American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
• Education and the Economy: Boosting the Nation's Economy by Improving High School Graduation Rates Among Students of Color and Native Students Alliance for Excellent Education
• Family Planning: Pathway to Poverty Reduction Population Reference Bureau
• Gaining Costs, Losing Time: The Obesity Crisis in Texas Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Global Economic Conditions Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization & Monetary Policy Institute
• House Price Index: Top 100 Metros Urban Institute
• Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 U.S. Census Bureau
• Interactive: Texas Economy by Region October 2011 Texas Tribune
• Jobs at Risk: Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies Families USA
• Living on the Edge: America's Low-Earning Families First Focus, Foundation for Child Development, The Resolution Foundation
• Pathways To Prosperity Project Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Policy Track: An Interactive Look at the U. S. Labor Market Economic Policy Institute
• Poverty: 2009 and 2010 U.S. Census Bureau
• The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s: Austin, TX Metro Area Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution
• Restoring Shared Prosperity: Strategies to Cut Poverty and Expand Economic Growth Half in 10: Center for American Progress Fund, The Leadership Conference, Coalition on Human Needs
• The Role of Affordable Housing in Creating Jobs and Stimulating Local Economic Development Center for Housing Policy
• Slow Economic Recovery: Implications and Opportunities for Workers and Planners The Urban Institute
• Who Are America’s Poor Children? The Official Story National Center for Children in Poverty
• Who is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division U.S. Census Bureau

2010

• 2009 Data Report Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project
• Austin, TX - Metro Economic Trends - 1993 to 2010 The London School of Economics and Political Science; The Brookings Institution; Alfred Herrhausen Society
• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 2010-2015: Capital Area Economic Development District Capital Area Council of Governments
• Economy Bytes: Working Poor People in the United States National Alliance to End Homelessness
• EPI Fact Sheet: Job Crisis and the Great Recession Economic Policy Institute
• Families of the Recession: Unemployed Parents and Their Children - State-by-State First Focus
• The Fiscal Survey of States National Governors Association, National Association of State Budget Officers
• For Job Seekers, No Recovery in Sight: Why Prospects for Job Growth and Unemployment Remain Dim Economic Policy Institute
• Gauging the Odds of a Double Dip Recession Amid Signals and Slowdowns Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• A Historical Look at the Labor Market During Recessions Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• The Impact of the 2007–09 Recession on Workers with Disabilities Monthly Labor Review Online
• Income Inequality and the Great Recession U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
• Jobs and Economic Security for Women National Economic Council
• The Kids Aren't Alright: A Labor Market Analysis of Young Workers Economic Policy Institute
• Metro Monitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas - 4th Quarter 2009 Brookings Institution
• National Economic Update Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Opportunity and Ownership over the Life Cycle The Urban Institute
• The Path to Economic Recovery: A Preliminary Overview of 150 Global Metropolitan Economies in the Wake of the Great Recession The London School of Economics and Political Science; The Brookings Institution; Alfred Herrhausen Society
• Regional Economic Update Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Smoking Cessation: Economic Benefits American Lung Association
• State of the States 2010: How the Recession Might Change States The Pew Center on States
• Strained Suburbs: The Social Service Challenges of Rising Suburban Poverty Brookings Institution
• We Need a Balanced Approach to Balancing the Budget Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Wives as Breadwinners: Wives' Share of Family earnings Hits Historic High during the Second Year of the Great Recession Carsey Institute

2009

• 2009 State of the Region Capital Area Council of Governments
• The 2008 Child Tax Credit Gap: A Snapshot of Families Left Out First Focus
• 2009-2010 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard: Texas Corporation for Enterprise Development
• 87 Percent of Texas Communities Exceed U.S. Poverty Rate in New Survey Texas Housers
• America’s Children: Key Indicators of Well-Being – Economic Circumstances Forum on Child and Family Statistics
• ARRA Funds: Critical Support for Health and Human Service Needs  Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department
• Bank on Central Texas Overview United Way Capital Area
• Building Texas: The 2008 Tax and Budget Primer Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Central Texas: Sustainable, Robust, and Inclusive Growth in the 21^st Century Envision Central Texas
• CFED Assets & Opportunity Scorecard 2009 – 2010: How is Texas Doing? Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Children in Immigrant Families – The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure Child Trends
• Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options Child Trends
• Cost, Consequences, and Cures!! – An Assessment of the Impact of Severe Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders on Business Activity in Texas and the Anticipated Economic and Fiscal Return on Investment in Expanded Mental Health Services The Perryman Group
• The Economic Case for Health Care Reform Executive Office of the President
• Estimating the Contribution of Immigrant Business Owners to the U.S. Economy Small Business Administration – Office of Advocacy
• Expanding Access to Education: Workforce Trends in the U.S. and Texas Capital Area Council of Governments
• The Fiscal Survey of States National Governors Association, National Association of State Budget Officers
• Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results of a National Study The American Journal of Medicine
• Presentation on Financial Stability & Child Care in Central Texas – United Way, 2009 United Way Capital Area
• Regional Economic Update: Texas Remains in Recession Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Short-term Cash, Long-term Debt: The Impact of Unregulated Lending in Texas – Texas Appleseed, 2009 Texas Appleseed
• The State of Working Texas 2009 Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Texans without Health Insurance Families USA
• The Texas Recovery Plan: Impact on Public Assistance Initiatives Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Travis County Snapshot from American Community Survey 2007: Income and Poverty Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division

2008

• The 2008 Retirement Confidence Survey: Americans Much More Worried about Retirement, Health Costs a Big Concern Employee Benefit Research Institute
• Figures for Census Bureau’s Release of 2007 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data Center for Public Policy Priorities
• CAN Community Council Basic Needs Forum Presentation The Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
• Community Impact Report Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division
• East Austin Economic Outlook Presentation: Building a Bridge to Economic Prosperity Capital Area Council of Governments
• Employment and Wage Profile of the Louisiana and Texas Counties Affected by Hurricane Ike Bureau of Labor Statistics
• The Family Budget Estimator: An Alternative to the Federal Poverty Measure Center for Public Policy Priorities
• High Poverty Rates in Mid-Size America Population Reference Bureau
• Jobs Picture: Recession Takes Hold in the Job Market Economic Policy Institute
• Metro Area Data on Total Poverty, Child Poverty, and Median Income Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Preliminary Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Statistics for Travis County and Texas Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division
• Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends Center of Budget and Policy Priorities
• State of the Region Presentation Capital Area Council of Governments
• Travis County Auditor’s Office Economic Outlook Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division
• Travis County Snapshot from American Community Survey 2006 Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division
• U.S. Instability on the Margins Population Reference Bureau
• Vision Progress Assessment Report Envision Central Texas
• Working Hard, Still Falling Short: New Findings on the Challenges Confronting America’s Working Families The Working Poor Families Project

2007

• Promoting Prosperity in Texas: The Role of State and Local Governments Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Small Business Profile: Texas U.S. Small Business Administration
• Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States Prevent Child Abuse America
• U.S. Economy Data and 2016 Projections U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

2006

• Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis: Austin-Round Rock, TX U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Indicator Data: Economy Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

Undated

• Central Texas Health Data Collaborative St. David's Community Health Foundation
• Economic Indicators: Main Page Executive Office of the President
• Daily Polls: Business and Economy Gallup
• Daily Polls: Consumers Gallup
• Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics/Indicators Texas Health and Human Services Commission
• Economic Stress Index: Measuring Financial Strain Across the U.S. Associated Press
• Texas Comptroller's Economic Outlook Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Unemployment Rates for the Five Counties in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Google Public Data Explorer, Community Action Network