Trade Deficit with China Has Cost 41,100 Kentucky Jobs, Many in Manufacturing
Kentucky has paid heavily for the U.S.’s growing trade deficit with China—41,100 fewer jobs between 2001 and 2013 according to...
Jobs and the Economy
Some Manufacturing Jobs Growing in Kentucky, but Not at Wages of Before
The recession hit Kentucky manufacturing jobs hard, with the state losing 48,800 or nearly 20 percent of its manufacturing employment between December 2007 and February 2010. In the last four...
Energy Future Contains Risks But Also Opportunities for Kentucky
KCEP Director Jason Bailey made the following remarks on the panel “EPA’s Carbon Pollution Rules and Kentucky” at the 2014 Governor’s Conference on Energy and the Environment: As we talk...
Don’t Pop the Champagne on a Job Recovery Just Yet
To glance at the recent headlines on jobs in Kentucky, you'd think things are really looking up. The latest monthly unemployment rate dropped from 7.4 percent to 7.1 percent. A...
There’s Precedent for the Transition Assistance Eastern Kentucky Needs
The new power plant rules proposed this week will make coal less competitive in the coming decades. It's just one factor pointing toward continued decline in eastern Kentucky coal production,...
The Real Threat to Kentucky Manufacturing Jobs
Expect to hear loud concerns next week that new rules to reduce the carbon emissions that cause climate change will harm Kentucky's economy, including the state’s electricity-intensive manufacturing jobs. Kentucky...
Another Bad Year for Kentucky Workers’ Wages
Real wages for Kentucky workers fell again last year, continuing a slide that began in 2001. Congress’ unwillingness to spur a stronger economic recovery and act on policies like raising...
Need for Health Care Workers Is an Economic Opportunity
Because the expansion of Medicaid and creation of a state health insurance exchange will provide health coverage to several hundred thousand people, Kentucky will have workforce needs associated with meeting...
Kentucky Remains Long Way from Employment Recovery
New estimates show that Kentucky has added on average 1,500 net new jobs a month for the last six months and 1,525 a month for the last year. So far,...
The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Jobs by Industry
Kentucky’s economy continues to change, with a decline in manufacturing jobs and a shift toward more jobs in the service sector—a trend that has accelerated with the weak economy of...