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Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Berea, Kentucky ·The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KCEP) seeks to improve the quality of life for all Kentuckians through research, analysis and education on important policy issues facing the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky Youth Advocates
Jeffersontown, Kentucky ·Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit children’s advocacy organization representing a voice for Kentucky’s most precious asset – its youth.
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Kentucky Network publications
Beyond Kentucky’s low unemployment rate: How workers are really faring this Labor Day?
- August 30, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Anna Baumann
Op-Ed: “The longest economic recovery on record and a state unemployment rate of 4.3% sounds like a strong foundation for Kentuckians’ prosperity. But a close look at the numbers this […]
Kentucky’s Changing Labor Force Participation, Explained
- August 27, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Dustin Pugel
With the economy now experiencing the longest recovery on record, there is a temptation among some to overstate the strength of the labor market and even cast blame on workers […]
Lopsided Recovery Continues to Leave Out Eastern Part of State
- August 13, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Jason Bailey
A recovering economy since the Great Recession has bypassed much of rural Kentucky and especially the eastern and northeastern regions of the state. Those conditions magnify the harm from current […]
Average Kentucky Worker’s Paycheck Not Yet Benefitting from Growing Economy
- July 1, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Ashley Spalding
With all of the claims about how great the economy is right now, the data shows that the average Kentuckian’s wages remained flat in 2018, continuing the trend of nearly […]
Manufacturing Job Growth Has Slowed in Kentucky Since Passage of “Right-To-Work”
- June 27, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Anna Baumann
Manufacturing job losses in recent decades have hurt Kentucky communities. Two recessions and trade policies that have encouraged outsourcing and made American goods more expensive relative to other countries’ have […]
Manufacturing Job Growth Has Slowed in Kentucky Since Passage of “Right-To-Work”
- June 27, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Anna Baumann
Manufacturing job losses in recent decades have hurt Kentucky communities. Despite the claims of proponents of “Right-To-Work” (RTW), which was enacted in Kentucky in 2017, employment data suggests the policy […]
Record-Breaking Failure to Raise the Minimum Wage Is Holding Back Kentucky
- June 20, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Jason Bailey
This week marks the longest period in history the federal government has failed to increase the minimum wage, which has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. Because Kentucky […]
Systemic Barriers Continue to Hold Back Wages and Employment for Kentuckians of Color
- June 19, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Dustin Pugel
On the 154th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, barriers to thriving for black Kentuckians are still deeply entrenched. Data on wages and unemployment in Kentucky show that discrimination and […]
Systemic Barriers Continue to Hold Back Wages and Employment for Kentuckians of Color
- June 19, 2019
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Dustin Pugel
On the 154th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, barriers to thriving for black Kentuckians are still deeply entrenched. Data on wages and unemployment in Kentucky show that discrimination and […]
Op-Ed: The Problem is Bad Jobs, Not Bad Workers
- September 21, 2018
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Ashley Spalding
A full 30 percent of Kentuckians are working jobs that pay less than $12.50 an hour; fewer than half working in the private sector have an employer-sponsored retirement plan and […]