Publications
Research using CEPR CPS Uniform Extracts
- David Rosnick and John Schmitt. "The Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum-Wage Laws In Three Cities," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2011.
- Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho. "The Potential Savings to Social Security from Means Testing," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2011.
- John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Nicole Woo. "Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, January 2011.
- John Schmitt and Kris Warner. "Ex-Offenders and the Labor Market," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, November 2010.
- Hye Jin Rho. "Hard Work in the Public Sector," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, October 2010.
- John Schmitt and Jeffrey Thompson. "The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees in New England," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, September 2010.
- Hye Jin Rho. "Hard Work?: Patterns in Physically Demanding Labor Among Older Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, August 2010.
- David Rosnick. "The Adult Recession: Age-Adjusted Unemployment at Post-War Highs," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, August 2010.
- John Schmitt. "The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May 2010.
- John Schmitt. "The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May 2010.
- John Schmitt. "Unions and Upward Mibility for Immigrant Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2010.
- Hye Jin Rho and John Schmitt. "Health-Insurance Coverage Rates for US Workers, 1979-2008," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2010.
- John Schmitt. "The Unions of the States," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, February 2010.
- John Schmitt and Kris Warner. "The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, November 2009.
- John Schmitt. "Unions and Upward Mobility for Service-Sector Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, April 2009.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2009.
- John Schmitt. "Unions and Upward Mobility for Young Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, October 2008.
- John Schmitt. "Unions and Upward Mobility for Latino Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, September 2008.
- John Schmitt. "The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May 2008.
- John Schmitt. "Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, March 2008.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007.," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, February 2008.
- John Schmitt. "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Job Quality in the United States over the Three Most Recent Business Cycles.," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, November 2007.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007.," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, February 2008.
- John Schmitt, Margy Waller, Shawn Fremstad and Ben Zipperer. "Unions and Upward Mobility for Low-Wage Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, August 2007.
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt."Job Tenure and Firm Size Provisions Exclude Many Young Parents from Family and Medical Leave.," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, June 2007.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006," Center for Economic and Policy Research Issue Brief, March 2007.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "Union Rates Fall in 2006, Severe Drop in Manufacturing," Center for Economic and Policy Research Union Representation Byte, January 2007.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns," Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2007.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "The Impact of Undercounting in the Current Population Survey," Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 2006.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, January 2006.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Auto Manufacturing, 1979-2004," Center for Economic and Policy Research Issue Brief, January 2006.
- John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer. "Unions Hold Their Own in 2005," Center for Economic and Policy Research Union Representation Byte, January 2006.
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt. "Impact of Proposed Minimum-Wage Increase on Low-income Families," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, December 2005.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "Are Women Opting Out? Debunking the Myth," Center for Economic and Policy Research, November.
- John Schmitt. "Labor markets and economic inequality in the United States since the end of the 1970s," International Journal of Health Services, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 655-673; this is a revised and updated version of "Mercados de trabajo y desigualdad en el plano económico en los Estados Unidos desde finales de la década de los años setenta," in Gerardo Fujii and Santos M. Ruesga (eds.), El trabajo en un mundo globalizado, Madrid: Ediciones Pirámide, 2004. [Here is a working-paper version of the paper.]
- Jason S. Seligman and Jeffrey B. Wenger. "Asynchronous Risk: Unemployment, Equity Markets, and Retirement Savings." Upjohn Institute Working Paper (05-114), June 2005.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. 2005. "Correcting Employment Rates in the 2000 Decennial Census Using Information from the CPS-Census 2000 Match," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "Bad Times: The Impact of Changes in Work Schedules on Productivity Growth," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, November 2004.
- John Schmitt. "The rise in job displacement, 1991-2004: the crisis in American manufacturing," Challenge, vol. 47, no. 6 (November - December 2004), pp. 46-68. [A briefing-paper version of this paper is available from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.]
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt. 2004. "Using wage data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)." September.
- John Schmitt. "Recent job loss hits the African-American middle class hard," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, October 2004.
- John Schmitt. "Labor market performance in Pennsylvania, 2001-2004: Pennsylvania lags behind the Nation," "Labor market performance in Michigan, 2001-2004: Michigan lags behind the nation," and "Labor market performance in Ohio, 2001-2004: Ohio lags behind the nation," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Papers, September 2004.
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt. 2003. "Hard Times in the New Millennium: The Fate of Youth in the Bush Years." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 1.
Research using CEPR PUMS Uniform Extracts
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "The Impact of Undercounting in the Current Population Survey," Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 2006.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, January 2006.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "Correcting Employment Rates in the 2000 Decennial Census Using Information from the CPS-Census 2000 Match," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May 2005.
- John Schmitt. 2005. "Changing patterns of economic mobility of immigrants to the United States, 1980-2000," paper prepared for the LoWER Annual Conference, Mannheim, Germany, April 15-16.
- John Schmitt and Dean Baker. "Bad Times: The Impact of Changes in Work Schedules on Productivity Growth," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, November 2004.
Research using CEPR ACS Uniform Extracts
- Nicole Woo, Janelle Jones, and John Schmitt. "Who's Above the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap?," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, September 2011.
- Hye Jin Rho, Nicole Woo, John Schmitt, Lucia Lin, and Kent Wong. "Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers," Center for Economic and Policy Research Report, July 2011.
Research using CEPR SIPP Uniform Extracts
- Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray and Hye Jin Rho. 2008. "Working Familiesand Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports," Center for Economic and Policy Research Briefing Paper, May 2008.
- Heather Boushey and Jeffrey B. Wenger. 2006. "Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Before and After Welfare Reform," Journal of Poverty, forthcoming.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "No Way Out," WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, December, Vol. 8 (6): 659-70.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "The Effects on Employment and Wages When Working Mothers Lose Medicaid." International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 35(4): 719 - 743, October.
- Andrew Stettner. 2005. "Why Should Latino Wrokers and Their Families Care About Unemployment Insurance." New York, NY: National Employment Law Project, August 24.
- Heather Boushey, Andrew Stettner, and Jeffrey B. Wenger. 2005. "Clearing the Path to Unemployment Insurance for Low-Wage Workers: An Analysis of Alternative Base Period Implementation." Washington, DC: National Employment Law Project and the Center for Economic and Policy Research, August.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "No Way Out: How Prime Age Workers Get Trapped in Minimum Wage Jobs." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, May.
- Heather Boushey and Jeffrey B. Wenger. 2005. "Finding the Better Fit: Receiving Unemployment Insurance Increases Likelihood of Re-employment with Health Insurance." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 13.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "Family-Friendly Policies: Boosting Mother's Wages." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 6.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "When Done Right, Work Supports Work: Medicaid and Mothers' Employment and Wages." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 16.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "Social Security: The Most Important Anti-Poverty Program for Children." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 29.
- Heather Boushey. 2005. "The Effects on Employment and Wages when Working Mothers Lose Medicaid and Child Care Subsidies." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, January.
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt. 2004. "Using wage data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)." September.
- Heather Boushey. 2004. "Analysis of the Upcoming Release of 2003 Data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, August.
- Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright. 2004. "Working Moms and Child Care." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, May 5.
- Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright. 2004. "Health Insurance Coverage in the United States." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 13.
- Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright. 2004. "Workers Receiving Employer-Provided Health Insurance." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 13.
- Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright. 2004. "Access to Employer-Provided Health Insurance as a Dependent." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 13.
- Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright. 2004. "Public Vs. Private Health Insurance." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 13.
- Heather Boushey and Jeffrey B. Wenger. 2003. "UI is Not a Safety Net for Unemployed Former Welfare Recipients." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, December 4.
- Heather Boushey and John Schmitt. 2003. "Hard Times in the New Millennium: The Fate of Youth in the Bush Years." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 1.
- Heather Boushey. 2003. "Who Cares? Child Care Choices of Working Mothers." Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research, Data Brief No. 1, May 6.