The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Education
There is no question that greater levels of education are associated with higher wages and employment rates in Kentucky, and...
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The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Wages
Working Kentuckians have experienced a lost decade in terms of wage growth, a trend that is undermining family economic security across the Commonwealth and will likely persist at least as...
The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Youth
In times of recession and high unemployment, it’s particularly hard for young people to find jobs. Competition for the jobs that do exist becomes more intense, making it harder for...
Kentucky Job Growth Remains Slow and Jobs Deficit Substantial
Between the start of the recession and February 2010, Kentucky lost 118,200 jobs. After several years of job growth, that gap has been trimmed to 35,100. However, ongoing growth in...
The State of Working Kentucky: Gender
As in the U.S. as a whole, women’s participation in the paid workforce in Kentucky has grown over the last thirty years. Also, the gap in wages between Kentucky men...
The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Employment
The recession had devastating effects on employment in Kentucky, and the recovery is only gradually lifting the state out of a deep hole. The economy’s collapse drove up the state’s...
Higher Education Helped in the Recession, but Doesn’t Guarantee a Good Job in Recovery
Those with higher education fared better in the recession and are more likely to obtain the new jobs being created in the recovery. However, those new jobs tend to pay...
Agenda to Reduce Taxes and Workers’ Rights No Path to Prosperity
Hardly a month goes by without the release of another index supposedly ranking states on their economic competitiveness. One prominent such report comes from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),...
Kentucky Job Growth Continues To Be Too Slow
Kentucky added only 700 net jobs in June, again failing to produce enough jobs to make a real dent in the employment gap created by the recession. Kentucky needs to...
Report’s Findings Suggest Kentucky’s Business Tax Incentives Not Very Cost-Effective Way to Create Jobs
Put into context, the findings of a consulting group report to the Kentucky legislature suggest that state economic development incentive programs are not a very cost-effective way to create jobs—a...