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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,
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
* 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
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
* 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
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
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
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
Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance covers 5,319 Ohioans so far in 2007
Jon Honeck, August 07
Policy Matters Ohio and the Economic Policy Institute, May 07
International Trade and Job Loss in Ohio 2007
Jon Honeck, January 07
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
Reasonable costs: What can Ohioans afford to
pay for Health Care? Bridging the Gaps in Ohio 2008 Making Ends Meet: Basic
Family Budgets in Ohio
Public Benefits at
Ohio Employers: An Initial Analysis
Zach Schiller, March 06
ODJFS to Produce Employer Data
Zach Schiller, October 05
A Threat to Public Records Access
Zach Schiller, October 05
Social Security and
Income: Older Americans and Older Ohioans
* A Joint Release by
Policy Matters Ohio and the Economic Policy Institute, March 05
*Center for American Progress and Policy Matters
Ohio, February 05
Status of Women in the States, 2002-2003 Ohio Report Card
* B. Caiazza, Ph.D. of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, November 02
Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families
* The Economic Policy Institute and Policy Matters, July 01
Credit & Debt
Amanda Woodrum, April 08
Amanda Woodrum, February 08
Wendy Patton, July 06
Zach Schiller, April 08
The Continued Growth of Payday Lending in Ohio
David Rothstein, March 08
Policy Matters Testifies to Cleveland City Council on Foreclosures
David Rothstein, February 08
Policy Matters Testifies to Ohio Attorney General on Payday Lending
David Rothstein, December 07
Foreclosures in Cuyahoga County Communities 2007
Zach Schiller, August 07
Foreclosure Growth in Ohio 2007
Zach Schiller, March 07
Policy Matters Testifies in Congress on Payday Lending
David Rothstein, March 07
Trapped in Debt: The Growth of Payday Lending in Ohio
Foreclosure Growth in
Ohio 2006
Zach Schiller, July 06
Foreclosure Growth in Ohio: A Brief Update
Zach Schiller, Jeremy Iskin, June, 05
Home Insecurity 2004: Foreclosure Growth in Ohio
Zach Schiller, Whitney Meredith, Pam Rosado, August, 04
Home Insecurity: Foreclosure Growth in Ohio
Kate Sopko, Amy Hanauer, Kent Smith, Abeera Riaz-Sheikh, October 02
Unemployment Compensation
Ohio Still Excludes Many From Unemployment Compensation
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters - December 07
Policy Matters Ohio Testifies on Unemployment Compensation and Social Security
10/07
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters - October 07
Policy Matters Ohio Testifies on Unemployment Compensation and Social Security
04/07
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters - April 07
Ohio Excludes
Many from Unemployment Compensation
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters, and the National
Employment Law Project - February 06
A Proposal to
Protect Jobless Older Ohioans
* Zach Schiller of Policy Matters, and National
Employment Law Project, January 2006
Unemployment Compensation: You Must Make Even More to Qualify in 2006
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters - Press Release December 05
Policy Matters Testifies on Unemployment Compensation Tax Avoidance
Wendy Patton, April 05
Unemployment Compensation: You Must Make More to Qualify in 2005
Zach Schiller of Policy Matters - Press Release December 04
* Zach Schiller of Policy Matters, and Rick McHugh and Andrew Stettner of the National Employment Law Project, September 04
Ohio Unemployment Insurance Falling Short:
New National Report Card Gives Ohio an “F”
* The Economic Policy Institute, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, National Employment Law Project, March 02
Unemployment isn't Working: A Proposal to Better Insure Ohio's Workers
Zach Schiller, September 01
Limited Accountability: Financial Reporting at White Hat Charter Schools
Zach Schiller, October 06
Unmanaged Costs: Government Contracting by the State of Ohio
Zach Schiller, April 02
Selective Celling: Inmate Population in Ohio's Private Prisons
Dr. Michael Hallett and Amy Hanauer, May 01
Taking them for a Ride: An Assessment of the Privatization of
School Transportation in Ohio Public School Districts
Mark Cassell, April 00
Testimony on the Autism Scholarship Program
Piet van Lier, April 08
Analyzing autism vouchers in Ohio
Piet van Lier, March 08
Meeting the Challenge: Improving Dislocated Worker Services in Ohio
Jon Honeck, February 08
Pre-K Pays! - Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation
Policy Matters Ohio with the Economic Policy Institute and Voices for Ohio's Children, May 07
Limited Accountability: Financial Reporting at White Hat Charter Schools
Zach Schiller, October 06
Below the Curve: Higher Education Opportunity in Ohio
Wendy Patton, May 06
Retraining Unemployed Workers in Ohio: Lessons from the JTPA
Jon Honeck, May 06
College Bound: Taxes and Tuition in Ohio
Wendy Patton, August 05
* Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute, August 02
Cleveland School Vouchers: Where the Students Go
Amy Hanauer, January 02
Cleveland School Vouchers: Where the Students Come From
Zach Schiller, September 01
Brief: Cleveland's Diploma Deficit
Zach Schiller and Dave Focareta, July 01
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
A Step Toward Fiscal
Balance: Options for Ohio's Income Tax
Jon Honeck,
April 08
Jon Honeck, February 08
Who Takes Credit: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Free Tax Preparation in Ohio
David Rothstein, January 08
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
David Rothstein, April 07
* 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
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
* 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
* 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
* Citizens for Tax Justice and Policy Matters, June 01
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
* 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
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
* 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
Election Day Registration: Expanding The Ohio Vote
Michelle R. Smith and Amy Hanauer,
July 03
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