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Work & Wages

JobWatch Reports
Zach Schiller and the Economic Policy Institute, Monthly releases

Meeting the Challenge: Improving Dislocated Worker Services in Ohio
Jon Honeck, February 08

Adopting Maternity Leave, 2007
Amanda Woodrum, October 07

A Healthy Standard: Paid Sick Days in Ohio
Amy Hanauer, October 07

The State of Working Ohio, 2007
Amy Hanauer, September 07

Living Wage Study for Cuyahoga County, 2007
Policy Matters Ohio Staff, June 07

New Legislation Undermines the Minimum Wage Amendment
Jon Honeck, December 06

Room to Grow: Ohio Can Afford a Higher Minimum Wage
Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters Ohio, Jon Burton of the Center for American Progress, September 06

The State of Working Ohio, 2006
Amy Hanauer, September 06

Good for Business: Small Business Growth and State Minimum Wages
Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters Ohio, Jon Burton of the Center for American Progress, May 06

Who Needs a Raise? Potential Impact of a Higher Ohio Minimum Wage
Amy Hanauer, March 06

Testimony on the Impact of WalMart on Workers, Businesses and Communities
Amy Hanauer, September 05

The State of Working Ohio, 2005
Amy Hanauer, Kiel Albrecht, September 05

Out of the Basement: Who Would Benefit From a Minimum Wage Increase in Ohio?
Hee Yon Sohng and Amy Hanauer, April 05

Staying Employed: Trends in Medicaid, Child Care, and Head Start in Ohio
* Vicky Lovell of Institute for Women's Policy Research, Jon Honeck of Policy Matters Ohio, November 04

The State of Working Ohio, 2004
Amy Hanauer, September 04

Cleveland's Living Wage Ordinance: A Three-Year Review
Dana Williams, May 04

Testimony to the Fair Employment Wage Board
Dana Williams, February 04

The State of Working Ohio, 2003
Amy Hanauer and Libby Perl, September 03

Eliminating The Right To Overtime Pay
* The Economic Policy Institute and Policy Matters Ohio, July 03

What Color is Your Paycheck: Race and Wages in Ohio,
A State of Working Ohio Brief
Amy Hanauer, Leah Curran, and Mark Cassell, December 02

Pink Collar Work: Wages and Gender in Ohio, A State of Working Ohio Brief
Amy Hanauer, Leah Curran, and Mark Cassell, October 02

The State of Working Ohio, In Short 2002 Series (Introduction)
Amy Hanauer and Mark Cassell, September-December 02

Minimal Enforcement: The Cleveland Living Wage Law's First Year
Dave Focareta, March 02

The State of Working Ohio, 2001
Amy Hanauer and Mark Cassell, September 01

Cleveland's Day Labor Industry: Testimony from the Cleveland City Council Hearing, September 4, 2001
Dave Focareta, September 01

Ohio Supplement to The State of Working America, 2000
Amy Hanauer, September 00

Working Women Say...
* Lake, Snell, Perry and Associates and Policy Matters, 00

The State of Working Ohio, 1999
Amy Hanauer and Mark Cassell for the Northeast Ohio Research Consortium, September 99

Inequality

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends
* Jared Bernstein, Elizabeth McNichol and Andrew Nicholas of the Economic Policy Institute
and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, April 08

Pulling Apart: Inequality Growth in Ohio
* Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters, and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
and the Economic Policy Institute, January 2006

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends
* Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey of the Economic Policy Institute, and Elizabeth McNichol
and Bob Zahradnik of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, April 02

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends
* Jared Bernstein and Elizabeth McNichol for the Economic Policy Institute and the Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, 00

Economic Development

An Economy That Works
Amy Hanauer, January 07

Anti-Poaching Agreements: A Backgrounder
Wendy Patton, September 06

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Ohio Tax Break
May 06

Policy Matters Testifies on Ohio House Bill 414
Wendy Patton, February 06

Policy Matters Testifies on Ohio Senate Bill No. 236 (Issue 1 implementation)
Jon Honeck, December 05

Safeguards for Issue 1
Jon Honeck and Zach Schiller, November 05

A New Incentive for Ohio's Big Automotive Companies?
Zach Schiller, November 05

The Third Frontier Revisited: Constitutional and Fiscal Implications of State Issue 1
Jon Honeck, October 05

Steelyard Secrets
Zach Schiller, September 05

Grading Places: What Do Business Climate Rankings Really Tell Us?
Peter Fisher and the Economic Policy Institute, June 05

The Third Frontier Action Fund: A Performance Assessment
Zach Schiller, December 03

Zoned Out: Distribution and Benefits in Ohio's Enterprise Zone Program
Mark Cassell, October 03

Exploring the Third Frontier: Fiscal and Legal Implications
Policy Matters Ohio, October 03

Wal-Mart Special: Ohio Job Tax Credits to America's Richest Retailer
Zach Schiller, July 02

Biotechnology in Northeast Ohio: A Growth Industry Takes it Slow
Zach Schiller, January 02

Trade

Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance covers 5,319 Ohioans so far in 2007
Jon Honeck, August 07

Costly Trade With China
Policy Matters Ohio and the Economic Policy Institute, May 07

International Trade and Job Loss in Ohio 2007
Jon Honeck, January 07

A Million Lessons from NAFTA
Economic Policy Institute, July 05

Ohio Lost Nearly 42,600 Job Opportunities Due to Trade With China Between 1997 and 2003, New Study Shows
Robert E. Scott, Economic Policy Institute, January 05

International Trade and Job Loss in Ohio - November 2004 Update
Jon Honeck, October 04

Policy Matters Testifies Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Jon Honeck, September 04

International Trade and Job Loss 2004
Jon Honeck, February 04

Basic Needs

Budget Policy

Statement on the Budget Shortfall
Jon Honeck, February 08

Exempt From Scrutiny: Tax Breaks in Ohio
Zach Schiller, February 07

Economic Growth and the Public Sector: Evidence from the States
Jon Honeck, September 2006

Ohio's State Controlling Board: An Update Zach Schiller, August 2003

Too Much Power, Too Little Oversight: Ohio's State Controlling Board
Zach Schiller, April 03

Community Corrections in Ohio: Cost Savings and Effectiveness
* Nancy Marion of the University of Akron with the Justice Policy Institute, November 02

Cellblocks or Classrooms?
* Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute, August 02

Tax Policy

A Step Toward Fiscal Balance: Options for Ohio's Income Tax
Jon Honeck, February 08

Statement on the Budget Shortfall
Jon Honeck, February 08

Who Takes Credit: The Earned Income Tax Credit
and Free Tax Preparation in Ohio
David Rothstein, January 08

Ohio Should Target Homestead Exemption
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Jon Honeck, June 07

Tax policy shortchanges Ohio’s public services; Weak job growth continues
Jon Honeck, April 07

Dollars That Make Sense: The EITC in Ohio
David Rothstein, April 07

EITC Gains, RAL Drains
* Brookings Institution and Policy Matters Ohio, February 07

Exempt From Scrutiny: Tax Breaks in Ohio
Zach Schiller, February 07

Most Ohio Families Lose Under Flat-Tax Proposal
* Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, October 06

Who Takes Credit? Earned Income Tax Recipients in Cleveland, 2006
David Rothstein, September 06

Policy Matters Testifies on Ohio Tax Reform
Zach Schiller, August 06

An Analysis of the Proposed Ohio Capital Gains Tax Cut
* Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, July 06

Federal Tax Cuts Benefit Richest Ohioans
* Citizens for Tax Justice and Policy Matters Ohio, June 06

State Spending Limit Proposal is Flawed
Zach Schiller, Jon Honeck, May 06

Credit Where It's Due: The Earned Income Tax Credit in Ohio
David Rothstein, March 06

Ohio Taxes and Budget 2005
A list of reports and testimony that Policy Matters produced during the first half of 2005 on Ohio Tax reform and the state biennial budget

Who Takes Credit? Earned Income Tax Recipients in Cleveland
David Rothstein, November 05

A Lesson for Ohio: Colorado Voters Decide to Suspend Spending Limits
November 05

Policy Matters Ohio Works with Cuyahoga Earned Income Tax Coalition
November 05

College Bound: Taxes and Tuition in Ohio
Wendy Patton, August 05

Flawed by Design: A Review of the Proposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation Amendment
Jon Honeck, July 05

Income Taxes and Ohio Migration: A Link that Doesn't Exist
David Rothstein, June 05

Strengthen, Don't Scrap, Ohio's Corporate Franchise Tax
Zach Schiller, May 05

REMI Report Presents Just Half the Equation
Jon Honeck and Zach Schiller, May 05

Wealthiest Ohioans Gain Most From Proposed Tax Changes; Low- and Middle-Income Families, on Average, Save Little or Nothing
* A Joint Release by Policy Matters Ohio and the Center for Community Solutions, based on calculations made by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, March 05

Corporate Tax Avoidance in the States Even Worse Than Federal
Citizens for Tax Justice and Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, February 05

State Income-Tax Cut Would be Expensive, Unequal and Would Siphon Money Out of Ohio
* Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, February 05

Cutting Ohio Top Income-Tax Rates Would Be Costly, Favor a Few
* Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, January 05

Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Two New Reports
Zach Schiller, December 04

Taking Credit: Boosting Participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit in Greater Cleveland
Amy Hanauer, September 04

Many Corporations Pay No Federal Income Tax
* Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 04

Ohio's State and Local Taxes: The Dwindling Business Share
Zach Schiller, May 04

Income Tax Thresholds in Ohio
* Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Policy Matters Ohio, May 04

Flat-rate Ohio Income Tax Would Hurt Middle-Income Families
April 04

Rethinking Growth Strategies: How State and Local Taxes and Services Affect Economic Development
* Robert G. Lynch and The Economic Policy Institute, March 04

Who Gains: What The New U.S. Tax Law Means For Ohio Taxpayers
*The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, June 03

Who Would Pay: A Distributional Analysis of an Increase in Ohio's Sales Tax
* The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, May 03

An Ohio Earned Income Tax Credit: Costs and Benefits
Amy Hanauer and Rohit Reddy, March 03

More Than One in Four Ohio Taxpayers Gain Nothing From Bush Tax Plan
* Citizens for Tax Justice, January 03

Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States
* The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters, January 03

Ohio's Vanishing Corporate Franchise Tax
Zach Schiller, October 02

The Check is Not in the Mail
* Citizens for Tax Justice and Policy Matters, June 01

Energy Policy

Policy Matters & Apollo Alliance Promote an Energy-Efficient, Economically-Vibrant Ohio

Policy Matters Testifies to Ohio House Public Utilities Committee on Advanced Energy Fund
Amanda Woodrum, February 08

Policy Matters Testifies to Ohio House Committee on Advanced Energy Fund
Amanda Woodrum, December 07

Investing to Re-Energize Ohio
* Amanda Woodrum of Policy Matters, with the Apollo Alliance, October 07

New Energy for Campuses: Energy-Saving Policies for Colleges and Universities
* Apollo Alliance, January 07

Clean Energy Development for a Growing Economy
* Apollo Alliance, September 06

New Energy for Cities: Energy-Savings and Job Creation Policies for Local Governments
* Apollo Alliance, August 06

New Energy for States: Energy-Saving Policies for Governors and Legislators
* Apollo Alliance, February 06

Policy Matters Testifies in Support of Ohio Fuel Production Task Force Bill
Wendy Patton, November 05

Generating Energy, Generating Jobs
* Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters, with the Apollo Alliance, October 05

Corrections Policy

Dollars & Sense: The Economics of Criminal Justice Policies - A Public Policy Forum
Kent State University, April 10, 03

Community Corrections in Ohio: Cost Savings and Effectiveness
* Nancy Marion of the University of Akron with the Justice Policy Institute, November 02

Cellblocks or Classrooms?
* Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute, August 02

Selective Celling: Inmate Population in Ohio's Private Prisons
Dr. Michael Hallett and Amy Hanauer, May 01

Democracy

Election Day Registration: Expanding The Ohio Vote
Michelle R. Smith and Amy Hanauer, July 03