EARN in Wisconsin
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COWS
Madison, Wisconsin ·Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, COWS is a national think-and-do tank that promotes “high road” solutions to social problems.
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Kids Forward
Madison, Wisconsin ·Kids Forward advocates for effective, long-lasting solutions that break down barriers to success for children and families in Wisconsin. Using research and a community-informed approach, Kids Forward works to help every child, every family, and every community thrive.
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Wisconsin Network publications
What a $15 Minimum Wage Means for Working Wisconsin
- March 15, 2021
- COWS
We’ve released a new factsheet on how raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 in Wisconsin would impact the state’s workers. Using data from the Economic Policy Institute’s recently […]
The State of Working Wisconsin 2020
- September 3, 2020
- COWS
- COWS Staff
A NEW REPORT FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE ERA For more than two decades, we’ve released The State of Working Wisconsin. This year, we’ve released a new digital report to meet the reality […]
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Iowa Policy Project
- Colin Gordon
A half-century removed from the high-tide of the civil rights movement, progress on racial equity has slowed or stalled on many fronts. Nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the […]
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Colin Gordon
A number of factors—historical, economic, demographic, and political—have shaped patterns of racial disparity and race relations in the Midwest. Of the eight most segregated cities in 2010’s Census data, six […]
The State of Working Wisconsin 2019: Fact & Figures
- August 30, 2019
- COWS
- Laura Dresser & Joel Rogers
Each year on Labor Day, COWS draws a picture of how working people in Wisconsin are faring. The long report, The State of Working Wisconsin, is released biannually on even-numbered […]
Investing in Wisconsin’s Future: Closing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Wisconsin’s Public Higher Education
- October 2, 2018
- COWS
- Laura Dresser, Matthew Braunginn, and Emanuel Ubert.
Securing strong economic opportunity for Wisconsin’s working families and closing racial and ethnic income disparity requires strong attention to the access and success of students of color at our state’s […]
State of Working Wisconsin 2018
- August 31, 2018
- COWS
- Laura Dresser, Joel Rogers, Emanuel Ubert, and Anna Walther
A decade after the Great Recession, Wisconsin’s economy, at least in employment and family income, has finally and meaningfully recovered. Unemployment and involuntary part-time employment rates are low. And, nearly […]
Equity in Apprenticeship: Manufacturing Pathways in Milwaukee: Bringing Skills and Equity to Manufacturing’s Future
- August 17, 2018
- COWS
- Laura Dresser, and Walker Kahn.
Equity in Apprenticeship is a report series from COWS at UW-Madison. It highlights programs that use apprenticeship to extend occupational opportunity to historically marginalized groups, especially people of color and […]
Improving Health Outcomes for All Through Local Policy Making
- March 13, 2018
- COWS
- Katya Spear
First featured in the March 2018 Community Health issue of The Municipality – Your Voice. Your Wisconsin. Published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. To be reprinted nationally in Current Municipal Problems, a […]
Wisconsin Job Watch: 4th Quarter 2017 Update
- February 15, 2018
- COWS
- COWS
In the fourth quarter of 2017, Wisconsin added 12,500 jobs, most of them in October. In contrast to the strong October, in December, Wisconsin actually lost jobs. Still, over the […]