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There are 159 titles for {Employment and Labor}

"Usable Productivity" Growth in the U.S.: An International Comparison, 1980-2005
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-06-01

Accessing Skills Training Through Chicago's One Stop Centers and Affiliate Agencies
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2005-03-01

Addressing Domestic Violence as a Barrier to Work: Building Collaborations between Domestic Violence Service Providers and Employment Services Agencies
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2004-10-01

African Americans, Latinos and Economic Opportunity in the 21st Century
Contributing Organization(s): Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
Publish date: 2006-03-01

Another Americas is Possible: The Impact of NAFTA on the U.S. Latino Community and Lessons for Future Trade Agreements
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2004-08-01

Are Shorter Work Hours Good for the Environment? A Comparison of U.S. and European Energy Consumption
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2006-12-01

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Opportunity
Contributing Organization(s): Opportunity Agenda
Publish date: 2006-02-01

Barriers to Youth Connections to Work: The Case of Young People in the Low-Income Neighborhood of Caju in Rio de Janeiro
Contributing Organization(s): Woodstock Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-14

Behind the Gap Between Productivity and Wage Growth
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-02-01

Big Box Backlash: The Stealth Campaign at the World Trade Organization to Preempt Local Control Over Land Use
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2005-12-01

Big Shoulders, Big Challenges: Preparing Chicago's Workforce for the New Economy
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2005-09-01

Building Bridges: Funding options for the core components of Bridge programs
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2004-05-01

Call to Action: How Programs in Three Cities Responded to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2007-03-01

Capacity Building for Chicago Job Development: An Assessment of Chicago Job Developers' Needs and Emerging Solutions for Today's Tight Labor Market
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-05-01

Career Academies: Long-Term Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes, Educational Attainment, and Transitions to Adulthood
Contributing Organization(s): MDRC
Publish date: 2008-06-27

Catalytic Community Development
Contributing Organization(s): Rural Sociological Society
Publish date: 2006-01-01

The Challenges of Rural Poverty
Contributing Organization(s): Rural Sociological Society
Publish date: 2006-01-01

The Changing Face of Rural America
Contributing Organization(s): Rural Sociological Society
Publish date: 2006-01-01

A Citizen's Guide to the World Trade Organization: Everything You Need to Know to Fight For Fair Trade
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 1999-07-01

Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area
Contributing Organization(s): Urban Institute
Publish date: 2006-06-01

The Clinton Record on Trade Vote Deal Making: High Infidelity
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2000-05-01

Coming NAFTA Crash: The Deadly Impact of a Secret NAFTA Tribunal's Decision to Open U.S. Highways to Unsafe Mexican Trucks
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2001-02-01

Common Sense: Why jobs and training alone won't end welfare for homeless families
Contributing Organization(s): Institute For Children And Poverty, The
Publish date: 1996-09-01

Comparing Solutions: An Overview of Day Labor Programs
Contributing Organization(s): Day Labor Research Institute
Publish date: 2004-12-01

Critical Issues & Initial Answers: Recommendations for TANF Reauthorization
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-12-01

Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2004-08-01

Day Labor in San Rafael, California: The Feasibility of Uniting Contradictory Positions
Contributing Organization(s): Day Labor Research Institute
Publish date: 2001-08-01

Deals for NAFTA Votes II: Bait and Switch
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 1997-11-01

Deals for NAFTA Votes: Trick, No Treat
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 1997-10-01

The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-03-01

The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2008-02-26

DMI on the 2008 State of the Union
Contributing Organization(s): Drum Major Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Dollars Down, Poverty Up: CJC's September 2002 Workforce Development Issues Survey
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-10-01

Down on the Farm: NAFTA's Seven-Years War on Farmers and Ranchers in Alabama
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2001-08-01

Down on the Farm: NAFTA's Seven-Years War on Farmers and Ranchers in Florida
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2001-08-01

Down on the Farm: NAFTA's Seven-Years War on Farmers and Ranchers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2001-06-01

Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-01-01

Drugs, Crime, and Consequences: Arrests and Incarceration in North Lawndale
Contributing Organization(s): North Lawndale Employment Network, Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2002-10-01

Easing Restrictions on Visas Doesn't Help Any High-Tech Workers
Contributing Organization(s): Economic Policy Institute
Publish date: 2001-04-01

The Economic Challenges of Young People: A Demos Briefing Kit
Contributing Organization(s): Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
Publish date: 2006-05-01

The Economic Impact of the Iraq War and Higher Military Spending
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-05-01

Economy for the Few: Oregon workers are more productive, but households with incomes over $360,000 are getting most of the income gains
Contributing Organization(s): Oregon Center for Public Policy
Publish date: 2007-08-01

Election '08: A Pro-Civil Justice Presidential Platform
Contributing Organization(s): Drum Major Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Elements of Success in Welfare to Work Programs: Programmatic and Policy Recommendations
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2000-03-01

Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey
Contributing Organization(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Publish date: 2005-09-01

Employer-Sponsored Pensions: A Primer
Contributing Organization(s): Urban Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) Program in New York City
Contributing Organization(s): MDRC
Publish date: 2007-07-01

Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program in Riverside, California
Contributing Organization(s): MDRC
Publish date: 2007-05-01

Employment, Wages and Public Safety
Contributing Organization(s): Justice Policy Institute
Publish date: 2007-09-01

Failing to Deliver: One Stop Employment Centers
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Publish date: 2005-05-01

From Getting By to Getting Ahead: Navigating Career Advancement for Low-Wage Workers
Contributing Organization(s): MDRC
Publish date: 2007-10-01

From Options to Action: A Roadmap for City Leaders to Connect Formerly Incarcerated Individuals to Work
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2008-05-01

From Options to Action: A Roadmap for City Leaders to Connect Formerly Incarcerated Individuals to Work Executive Summary
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2008-05-01

From Safety Net to Self Sufficiency: A CJC Proposal for a State Mixed Strategy Approach to Prepare TANF and Food Stamp Employment and Training Participants for Illinois' Skilled Workforce
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2003-11-01

GED Issues Brief #1
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2000-03-01

Getting Connected: Strategies for Expanding the Employment Networks of Low-Income People
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2005-11-01

Getting Time Off: Access to Leave Among Working Parents
Contributing Organization(s): Urban Institute
Publish date: 2004-04-01

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: How to pay for an improvement in the Earned Income Credit
Contributing Organization(s): Oregon Center for Public Policy
Publish date: 2007-04-01

Good Stories Aren't Enough: Becoming Outcomes-Driven in Workforce Development
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2006-07-01

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Job Quality in the United States over the Three Most Recent Business Cycles
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-11-01

Green Collar Jobs: Working in the New Northwest
Contributing Organization(s): Sightline Institute
Publish date: 1999-06-01

Help Wanted: Low Income Single Adult Job Seekers and the Programs Serving Them
Contributing Organization(s): Mid-America Institute on Poverty of Heartland Alliance
Publish date: 2001-05-01

Here's a Tip: When Restaurant and Hotel Workers Don't Have Paid Sick Days, It Hurts Us All
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Publish date: 2007-02-01

Hudson Institute Economic Report 01-04-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Hudson Institute Economic Report 01-18-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Hudson Institute Economic Report 02-1-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-02-01

Hudson Institute Economic Report 02-15-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-02-15

Hudson Institute Economic Report 02-29-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-02-29

Hudson Institute Economic Report 03-07-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-03-07

Hudson Institute Economic Report 03-28-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-03-28

Hudson Institute Economic Report 04-04-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-04-04

Hudson Institute Economic Report 04-18-2008
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2008-04-18

Illinois 2003 - Workforce and Economic Development: Investing in the Future of Illinois
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2003-10-01

Illinois Career Pathways Initiative: Vision and Goals
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2003-10-01

Immigration and Poverty
Contributing Organization(s): Economic Policy Institute
Publish date: 2002-09-01

Improving Our Response to Workforce Needs: Recommendations for Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2003-12-01

Improving Union Financial Transparency
Contributing Organization(s): Hudson Institute
Publish date: 2007-08-01

Introduction to Information Technology Careers: Your Guide to Computer-Related Careers
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2003-07-01

Investing in Low-Wage Workers: Lessons from Family Child Care in Rhode Island
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Publish date: 2006-09-01

Investing, Improving, and Measuring Workplace Skills
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2003-11-01

Is the Unemployment Rate in Sweden Really 17 Percent?
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-06-01

Job Jolt: The Economic Impacts of Repowering the Midwest:
Contributing Organization(s): Environmental Law and Policy Center
Publish date: 2002-10-01

Jobs and Business - The State of Opportunity for Workers in the Gulf
Contributing Organization(s): Opportunity Agenda
Publish date: 2006-07-01

Low Income Families and Opportunity
Contributing Organization(s): Opportunity Agenda
Publish date: 2006-02-01

Making the Match Between Lower-Income Women and Information Technology
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2004-02-01

Making the Pieces Fit: A Plan for Ensuring a Prosperous Illinois
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2004-09-01

Manufacturing Green: Producing a Sustainable NYC
Contributing Organization(s): New York Industrial Retention Network
Publish date: 2006-06-01

Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering
Contributing Organization(s): Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Socievty Studies
Publish date: 2007-09-25

More Harm than Good: Responding to States' Misguided Efforts to Regulate Immigration
Contributing Organization(s): National Employment Law Project
Publish date: 2006-03-01

Movin' On Up: Reforming America's Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2008-02-21

MY TURN: Preparing for Regional Growth
Contributing Organization(s): Bridgespan Group, The
Publish date: 2005-02-01

NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Cases: Lessons for the Central America Free Trade Agreement
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2005-02-01

NAFTA's Broken Promises: Failure to Create U.S. Jobs
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 1997-01-01

No Time to be Sick: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don't Have Paid Sick Leave
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Women's Policy Research
Publish date: 2004-05-01

No-Vacation Nation
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-05-01

Nonprofit Leadership: A Sampler of Networks, Fellowships, and Workshops
Contributing Organization(s): National Council of Nonprofit Associations
Publish date: 2007-11-15

A Note on Distribution and Growth
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2006-10-01

On the Corner: Day Labor in the United States
Contributing Organization(s): Latino Union of Chicago
Publish date: 2006-02-01

One Sick Child Away From Being Fired: When "Opting Out" Is Not an Option
Contributing Organization(s): Center for WorkLife Law
Publish date: 2006-01-01

One Year of My Blood: Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing
Contributing Organization(s): Human Rights Watch
Publish date: 2008-03-01

Paid Sick Days Improve Public Health by Reducing the Spread of Disease
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Women's Policy Research
Publish date: 2006-02-01

Paid Sick Days Legislation: A Legislator's Guide
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Publish date: 2006-10-01

Partnerships for Job Training and Economic Development: An Evaluation of Illinois' JTED Program
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2006-02-01

Pathways and Progress: Best Practices to Ensure Fair Compensation
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2003-05-01

Paychecks & Poverty: Real Household Budgets of Welfare-to-Work Participants
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-04-01

Power Skills: How Volunteerism Shapes Professional Success
Contributing Organization(s): Women's Way
Publish date: 2006-10-01

Presenteeism and Paid Sick Days
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Publish date: 2005-02-01

Prevention Funding Project: Synthesis of Research on Economic Change, Welfare Reform, and Child Maltreatment
Contributing Organization(s): Prevent Child Abuse America
Publish date: 2001-01-01

The Productivity to Paycheck Gap: What the Data Show
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-04-01

Public Citizen's Pocket Trade Lawyer: The Alphabet Soup of Globalization
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2005-12-01

Publicly Funded Jobs, A CJC Position Paper
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2000-08-01

Purchasing Power: The Corporate-White House Alliance to Pass the China Trade Bill Over the Will of the American People
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2000-10-01

Putting Children First: Ending Family Homelessness In Illinois: A Statewide Survey on Family Homelessness
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Publish date: 2001-12-01

Raising Women's Pay: An Agenda For Equity
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2000-05-01

Ready? Set. Grow! A Starter's Guide for Becoming Culturally Competent
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2004-09-01

Recession Looms for the U.S. Economy in 2007
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2006-11-01

Recommendations for a New Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program In Illinois
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-12-01

Recommendations for Chicago's Local Plan, Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2000-02-01

Record on Deals for Trade Votes: Don't Get Fooled Again - Lessons from NAFTA and China PNTR Deal-for-Vote Swapmeets
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2001-12-01

Recruiting Lower-Income Women into Information Technology Careers: Building a Foundation for Action
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2002-11-01

Saving Our Middle Class: A Survey of New York's Leaders By the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Contributing Organization(s): Drum Major Institute
Publish date: 2007-04-01

Self-Sufficiency and Safety: The Case for Onsite Domestic Violence Services at Employment Services Agencies
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2004-12-01

Service as a Strategy: Combating Youth Unemployment
Contributing Organization(s): Innovations in Civic Participation
Publish date: 2006-08-15

Shopping for the Holidays, Shopping at the Olympics: Who Pays the Price?
Contributing Organization(s): Human Rights in China
Publish date: 2007-12-01

Skills Training Works: Examining the Evidence
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-09-01

Social Inclusion for the United States
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-04-01

The State of Working Illinois 2005
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Publish date: 2005-11-01

Sweatshops in Chicago: A Survey of Working Conditions in Low-income and Immigrant Communities
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Impact Research
Publish date: 2000-02-01

Taking the Next Step: What Can the U.S. Learn about Sick Leave from New Zealand?
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Publish date: 2005-01-01

Ten Year Track Record of NAFTA: U.S. Workers' Jobs, Wages, and Economic Security
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2003-11-01

The Ten Year Track Record of NAFTA: U.S., Mexican and Canadian Farmers and Agriculture
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2003-12-01

The Ten Year Track Record of NAFTA: Undermining Sovereignty and Democracy
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2003-12-01

The Ten Year Track Record of the North American Free Trade Agreement: The Mexican Economy, Agriculture and Environment
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2003-12-01

Tourism and Amenity-Based Development in Rural Communities
Contributing Organization(s): Rural Sociological Society
Publish date: 2006-01-01

Trade Wars - Revenge of the Myth: Deals for Trade Votes Gone Bad
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2005-06-01

Transitional Community Jobs
Contributing Organization(s): Mid-America Institute on Poverty of Heartland Alliance
Publish date: 2002-06-01

Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners: Early Impacts from a Random Assignment Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
Contributing Organization(s): MDRC
Publish date: 2007-11-01

Transitional Jobs: A Model Employment Service for People with Barriers
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Publish date: 2006-06-26

Understanding Entry-Level Health Care Employment in Chicago
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2000-08-01

Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-03-01

Undocumented Workers Are Taxpayers, Too
Contributing Organization(s): Oregon Center for Public Policy
Publish date: 2007-04-01

Undue Influence: Corporation Gain Ground in Battle Over China's New Labor Law
Contributing Organization(s): Global Labor Strategies
Publish date: 2007-03-26

The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2008-05-15

Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2008-03-30

Unions and Upward Mobility for Low-Wage Workers
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-08-01

Valuing Good Health: An Estimate of Costs and Savings for the Healthy Families Act
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Women's Policy Research
Publish date: 2005-04-01

Waiting to Be Won Over: Teachers Speak on the Profession, Unions and Reform
Contributing Organization(s): Education Sector
Publish date: 2008-05-07

What do you want to be? Lower-Income Women Face the Job Market
Contributing Organization(s): Women Employed
Publish date: 2002-01-01

What We're In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2008-01-01

Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publish date: 2006-10-01

Who's Getting Ahead? Opportunity in a Growing Economy
Contributing Organization(s): Oregon Center for Public Policy
Publish date: 2006-09-01

Women and Opportunity
Contributing Organization(s): Opportunity Agenda
Publish date: 2006-02-01

Women and Paid Sick Days: Crucial for Family Well-Being
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Women's Policy Research
Publish date: 2007-02-01

Women, Reentry and Everyday Life: Time to Work?
Contributing Organization(s): Women's Prison Association
Publish date: 2008-03-01

The Work, Family, and Equity Index: How Does the United States Measure Up
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Health and Social Policy
Publish date: 2007-01-01

Working Later in Illinois: Work Schedules, Incomes and Parents Access to Child Care
Contributing Organization(s): Action for Children
Publish date: 2006-05-01

Working, Poor, and Taxed: Improving Oregon's Earned Income Credit
Contributing Organization(s): Oregon Center for Public Policy
Publish date: 2007-04-01

The WTO Comes to Dinner: U.S. Implementation of Trade Rules Bypasses Food Safety Requirements
Contributing Organization(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Publish date: 2003-07-01

You See What I'm Saying? Current and Former TANF Recipients Talk About Being on Welfare
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publish date: 2002-04-01