Research

Crossing the Finish Line: Overcoming Barriers to Community College Degree and Credential Attainment in Kentucky

With Kentucky working to increase college graduation rates, the state should invest more in support strategies that can help disadvantaged...

Analysis

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...

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: College Affordability in Kentucky

Progress in higher education is essential to building a strong economy, an informed citizenry, and a higher quality of life. However, the cost of higher education is a growing challenge...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

Pension Recommendations Emphasize Employee Sacrifice While Addressing Only Portion of Liability

The state’s task force on public pensions heard consultants’ recommendations this week that include several ways to raise employee costs and cut benefits, some of which may not be legal....

Analysis

Kentucky Falls Short in Closing Higher Education Gaps

Kentucky still has a long way to go to meet the ambitious educational attainment goals set by the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997. In a recent report by the...

Analysis

Arguments to Cut Income Tax Miss Context and Ignore Tax’s Benefits

Those arguing for a shift toward sales taxes and away from income taxes in Kentucky overstate the influence of income taxes on where people live. And they overlook the benefits...

Analysis

What Would Kentucky Gain from More Business Tax Cuts?

For a state like Kentucky—with high levels of poverty, low wages and too few jobs—a perpetual issue is how government can do more to promote prosperity. For years, the state...

Analysis

The Bigger Picture on Who Pays Taxes

The vast majority of Kentuckians (and Americans) who don’t owe federal income taxes are either workers who pay payroll taxes, seniors, people with disabilities or students. In 2009-2010, 49 percent...

Crossing the Finish Line: Overcoming Barriers to Community College Degree and Credential Attainment in Kentucky

Kentucky Job Growth Remains Slow and Jobs Deficit Substantial

Fact Sheet: College Affordability in Kentucky

The State of Working Kentucky: Gender

The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Employment

Pension Recommendations Emphasize Employee Sacrifice While Addressing Only Portion of Liability

Kentucky Falls Short in Closing Higher Education Gaps

Arguments to Cut Income Tax Miss Context and Ignore Tax’s Benefits

What Would Kentucky Gain from More Business Tax Cuts?

The Bigger Picture on Who Pays Taxes

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