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• Key Challenges Facing Granite State Workers Amid the COVID-19 Economic Recovery

  • August 31, 2022
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

  Despite a strong economic recovery from the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than two years later, many Granite Staters face challenges that make affording everyday needs difficult.

  COVID19 Economic Development State of Working X

• The COVID-19 Crisis After One Year: Economic Impacts and Challenges Facing Granite Staters

  • April 9, 2021
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

  In the year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire, hardships facing Granite Staters have been caused by both public health risks as well as the economic crisis spurred by sudden shifts in the labor […]

  COVID19

• Challenges Facing New Hampshire’s Workers and Economy During the COVID-19 Crisis

  • September 4, 2020
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

  This year has posed unprecedented challenges to New Hampshire’s workers and economy. The COVID-19 pandemic and crisis has contributed to significant changes in employment and has impacted the economic security […]

  COVID19 Unemployment Insurance

• New Hampshire’s Economy: Strengths and Constraints

  • June 4, 2018
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
  • NHFPI Staff

  New Hampshire has experienced a relatively robust economy in recent years. Growth has returned to rates similar to those from before the Great Recession, and the unemployment rate has remained […]

  Income Inequality Jobs State of Working X Wages

• The State of Working New Hampshire

  • April 26, 2016
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Staff Report

  In its present state, the New Hampshire economy offers a number of encouraging signs. Both employment – the total number of people working in the Granite State – and economic […]

  Jobs State of Working X

• Towards the High Road in the New Hampshire Construction Industry: The Impact of a State Prevailing Wage Law

  • January 14, 2016
  • Keystone Research Center
  • Stephen Herzenberg

  Prevailing wage policies specify wage and benefit standards for construction projects paid for with public funds. In recent years, these policies have been the subject of vigorous debate in city […]

• High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development

  • December 17, 2015
  • Keystone Research Center
  • Stephen Herzenberg

  In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]

  Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

• New Hampshire’s Economy: Moving Forward, but Not Yet Running on All Cylinders

  • October 26, 2015
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Staff Report

  One of the key issues debated throughout this year’s extended legislative session was the state of the New Hampshire economy and whether changes in business tax rates would help to […]

  Jobs

• Long Since Due: An Increase in New Hampshire’s Minimum Wage

  • May 14, 2014
  • New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Staff Report

  A measure now before the New Hampshire legislature seeks to strengthen the minimum wage and to begin to build an economy that works for everyone in the Granite State. More […]

  Jobs Minimum Wage Wages