Maryland Center for Economic Policy

Publications

• More Basic Assistance is Needed to Propel Economic Mobility and Security Among Maryland Families Receiving TANF

  • October 26, 2023
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Jasmin Aramburu
  Family Economic Security Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• Tips on Top in Montgomery County: Guaranteeing Full Wage Protection Would Ultimately Put $150 Million in Workers’ Pockets

  • October 12, 2023
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Christopher Myer
  Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development Wages

• Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits Would Sap $2.4 Billion from Maryland’s Economy

  • July 9, 2021
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy

  New analysis by the Maryland Center on Economic Policy shows that Gov. Hogan’s plan to prematurely cut off federal unemployment expansions established in response to the coronavirus pandemic would shrink […]

  COVID19

• We Must Keep our Promises to the Low-Wage Workers who Keep Maryland Communities Going

  • June 11, 2020
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • MDCEP Staff

  The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on Maryland communities’ deep reliance on the workers who keep families fed, care for aging adults, and maintain sanitary public spaces. Yet these […]

  Minimum Wage

• Sustaining Strong Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

  • September 27, 2018
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Staff Report

  Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a place with significant assets including natural beauty, productive farmland, and an iconic seafood industry. The region also faces significant challenges. Some of these would be familiar […]

  Climate Justice Healthcare Jobs Wages

• Expanding Home Care Options in Maryland

  • May 1, 2017
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Christopher Meyer

  Home care aides provide vital care to thousands of Marylanders who have difficulty with daily tasks because of their age, a disability, or a health condition. These workers help their […]

  Healthcare

• Workforce Development Training and SNAP: A Powerful Combination for Maryland’s Striving Workers

  • October 1, 2016
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Staff Report

  For the many Marylanders who are struggling to make ends meet the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital resource. New time limits on food assistance threaten the food […]

  Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

• Maryland’s Poor Taxed More Than Rich; Communities of Color Feel Biggest Pinch

  • March 25, 2015
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Mark Scott

  The state’s highest income households pay the lowest percentage of their yearly earnings in state and local taxes compared to middle-class and low-income households. Residents struggling the most to make […]

  Budges and Taxes

• State of Working Maryland 2013

  • December 1, 2013
  • Maryland Center for Economic Policy
  • Staff Report

  Amid the slow and uneven recovery from the Great Recession and the gridlock that has become the norm at the federal level, working families in Maryland struggle to move ahead […]

  State of Working X Unemployment Insurance