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Connecticut Network publications

• The State of Working Connecticut – 2026: Rising Unemployment, Higher Prices, and Federal Cuts to Public Benefits

  • August 31, 2026
  • Patrick R. O'Brien

  The 2026 edition of The State of Working Connecticut examines three new problems facing the state’s workers and households. Over the past year, Connecticut’s unemployment rate rose faster than in […]

  State of Working X

• The 2025 State of Early Childhood: A System in Transition

  • November 17, 2025
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Ruchi Sheth, Emily Knox
  Care Economy Children and Families Education

• State of Working Connecticut: Increasing the Labor Force and Job Growth by Making Wages Fairer

  • July 22, 2025
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick R. O'Brien

  Connecticut’s job growth has lagged the national recovery since the pandemic-induced recession, continuing a decades-long trend. A major reason is the state’s slower labor force growth, which reflects changes in […]

  State of Working X

• The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in Connecticut

  • April 14, 2025
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • David Dyssegaard Kallick, Shamier Settle, Emily Byrne

  Co-released with Immigration Research Initiative (IRI) and Connecticut Voices for Children.

  Employment Immigration Taxes Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Beyond the Algorithm: AI Governance for Building Safe Digital Futures

  • January 21, 2025
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Carmen N. Clarkin, M.P.H, Emily Knox, Ph.D.
  Artificial Intelligence Children and Families

• State of Working Connecticut 2024

  • September 10, 2024
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick R. O'Brien, Ph.D.
  Budgets and Taxes Income Inequality Minimum Wage State of Working X Wages

• Supporting the Economic Well-Being of Connecticut’s Families and Children: An Overview of The CT Child Tax Credit

  • January 25, 2024
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick R. O'Brien
  Family Economic Security Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• State of Working Connecticut 2023

  • October 23, 2023
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick O'Brien

  The purpose of Connecticut Voices for Children’s (CT Voices’) annual State of Working Connecticut report is to provide an overview of Connecticut’s economy, especially its labor market, to dive deeper […]

  State of Working X

• The State of Working Connecticut

  • September 15, 2022
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick R. O'Brien, and Lin Kabachia

  Similar to the recoveries from the past three recessions, Connecticut’s job recovery from the pandemic-induced recession of 2020 continues to lag the job recovery for the U.S. as a whole. […]

  State of Working X

• 2022 Candidate Briefing Book

  • June 21, 2022
  • Connecticut Voices for Children
  • Patrick R. O'Brien, Ph.D.; Lauren Ruth, Ph.D.; Samaila Adelaiye, Ph.D.; Lin Kabachia, M.P.P.; Sana Shah, M.S.

  Connecticut Voices for Children released a new report, “The 2022 Candidate Briefing Book.” Designed to provide a snapshot of helpful research and data for Connecticut residents and candidates running for political […]

  Democracy