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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ·The Keystone Research Center was created to broaden public discussion on strategies to achieve a more prosperous and equitable Pennsylvania economy.
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The Economic Contributions of Pennsylvania’s Immigrants
- May 1, 2021
- Keystone Research Center
- Muhammad Maisum Murtaza
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight just how interconnected our economies, communities, and lives have become. Workers and employers are still fighting to mitigate damage from the pandemic, and, thanks […]
Minimum Wage Increase to $15 Means More Income for 1.6M in PA
- February 1, 2021
- Keystone Research Center
- Claire Kovach
Governor Wolf’s budget includes a plan to raise the current $7.25 per hour minimum wage to $12 in July 2021, followed by 50-cent increases yearly until July 2027, where it […]
Minimum Wage Fact Sheets Shared Work, Shared Benefits: Why Expanding Work Sharing Would Pay Off for Employees, Employers, and Pennsylvania in the COVID Recession and Beyond
- October 14, 2020
- Keystone Research Center
- Mary Madsen and Stephen Herzenberg
Expanding Pennsylvania’s use of work-sharing—reduced work hours and pay combined with partial unemployment benefits so that workers experience a smaller income loss—could be instrumental in reducing unemployment during the current […]
Making PA’s Undocumented Immigrants Mobile: Enacting Driver’s License Expansion Policy That Works for Everyone
- September 22, 2020
- Keystone Research Center
- Maisum Murtaza
Driving is such an essential part of basic mobility that most of us take it for granted. Many of us see no risk in simply getting in our cars and […]
The State of Working Pennsylvania 2020
- September 2, 2020
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg, Muhammad Maisum Murtaza, and Claire Kovach
Since the spread of COVID-19 accelerated in mid-March of this year, the sharp decline in U.S. economic growth has been faster than at any previous time in recorded economic history—even […]
State of Working Pennsylvania 2019
- August 27, 2019
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg
In just the past few weeks, leading American business leaders appear to have experienced a sudden and surprising bout of conscience. On Monday, August 19, the Business Roundtable, which represents […]
Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15/hour by 2025 Would Raise Wages for Over 2 Million Workers in Pennsylvania. Who Are They?
- May 16, 2019
- Keystone Research Center
- Diana Wolson & Stephen Herzenberg
Wrapped into his 2019 budget proposal, Governor Wolf has proposed to raise the minimum wage in July 2019 to $12/hour, with yearly 50-cent increases until it reaches $15/hour in 2025. […]
State of Working Philadelphia 2018
- October 25, 2018
- Keystone Research Center
- Mark Price
Each Labor Day the Keystone Research Center releases an annual checkup on the health of the Pennsylvania labor market, “The State of Working Pennsylvania.” (https://www.keystoneresearch.org/SWP2018). The 2018 edition focused on […]
Democracy in Pennsylvania – 2018
- July 2, 2018
- Keystone Research Center
- Jonathan White, Stephen Herzenberg
Nineteen years ago, in advance of the July 4th celebration of the birth of our nation, Keystone Research Center issued a report on “Democracy in Pennsylvania.” The report put two […]
Who Pays for School Property Tax Elimination? An Analysis of School Property Tax Burdens in Pennsylvania
- April 6, 2017
- Keystone Research Center
- Mark Price
Far from providing relief for working families, recent proposals to eliminate school property taxes in Pennsylvania would increase taxes on the middle class while sabotaging the chance to adequately fund […]