New Working Paper Set: Interpreting Recent Research on the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Enacted During the Great Recession

Jeffrey Clemens, UC San Diego

Working Paper: The Effect of State Mandated Sex Education on Teenage Sexual Behaviors and Health

The Unequal Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children

Kristin Turney, UC Irvine

Minimum Wage Debate Motivated by Evidence or Ideology?

Dan Paley

New working paper: The Long-Run Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Women’s Earnings

The first of its kind long-term look adds to prior research that focused only on short-term benefits.

Inventory of Research on Economic Self-Sufficiency

David Neumark

Author’s note: To better serve the goal of providing a one-stop shop for information on policies designed to increase economic self-sufficiency, this research inventory is a live document that will be…

Policies That Increase Economic Opportunity

Dan Paley

New working paper: Government Programs Can Improve Local Labor Markets, But Do they?

A corporate-friendly tax plan plus a populist cry for reinvestment in blighted areas could lead to a renewed push for enterprise zones.