Research - Jobs with Livable Wages

Jobs with Livable Wages

2013

• 2012 Community Impact Report Travis County
• Bridges to Better Jobs: How Texas Can Equip Texas Adults For Good Careers Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Reconnecting America: Are We There Yet? Reconnecting America
• State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: A State-by-State Analysis Robert Woods Johnson Foundation

2012

• At Risk: America's Poor During and After the Great Recession Indiana University: School of Public and Environmental Affairs

2011

• 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
• Poor, Pregnant, and Fired: Caregiver Discrimination Against Low-Wage Workers Center for WorkLife Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
• The Role of Affordable Housing in Creating Jobs and Stimulating Local Economic Development Center for Housing Policy

2010

• Central Texas 2040 Capital Area Council of Governments
• Economy Bytes: Working Poor People in the United States National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Income Inequality and the Great Recession U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
• Minimum Wage Workers in Texas – 2009 United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Economic Update Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Out of Reach 2010: Side-by-Side Comparison of Wages and Rents in Every County, MSA, State, and the USA National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Regional Economic Update Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2009

• Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities Annette Bernhardt, Ruth Milkman, Nik Theodore, Douglas Heckathorn, Mirabuai Auer, James DeFilippas, Ana Luz Gonzalez, Victor Narro, Jason Perelshteyn, Diana Polson, Michael Spillar
• Presentation on Financial Stability & Child Care in Central Texas United Way Capital Area
• Short-term Cash, Long-term Debt: The Impact of Unregulated Lending in Texas Texas Appleseed
• The State of Working Texas 2009 Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Texas in Boom: Did the Growth Help Working Families Get Ahead? Center for Public Policy Priorities

2008

• The 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines United States Department of Health and Human Services
• CAN Community Council Basic Needs Forum Presentation The Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
• East Austin Economic Outlook Presentation: Building a Bridge to Economic Prosperity Capital Area Council of Governments
• The Family Budget Estimator: An Alternative to the Federal Poverty Measure Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Figures for Census Bureau’s Release of 2007 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Metro Area Data on Total Poverty, Child Poverty, and Median Income Center for Public Policy Priorities
• National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends Center of Budget and Policy Priorities
• Travis County Snapshot from American Community Survey 2006 Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division

2007

• Women’s Increasing Wage Penalties from Being Overweight and Obese U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Undated

• Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for the Central Texas Non-Metropolitan Area U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics