Maryland Center for Economic Policy

The Maryland Center on Economic Policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy. We engage in research, analysis, strategic communications, public education, and grassroots alliances promoting robust debate and greater public awareness of the policy choices Maryland residents face together. MDCEP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to ideas that work for everyone and a public climate where they can prevail.

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Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits Would Sap $2.4 Billion from Maryland’s Economy

July 9, 2021
Maryland Center for Economic Policy

New analysis by the Maryland Center on Economic Policy shows that Gov. Hogan’s plan to prematurely cut off federal unemployment expansions established in response to the coronavirus pandemic would shrink […]

COVID19

We Must Keep our Promises to the Low-Wage Workers who Keep Maryland Communities Going

June 11, 2020
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
MDCEP Staff

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on Maryland communities’ deep reliance on the workers who keep families fed, care for aging adults, and maintain sanitary public spaces. Yet these […]

Minimum Wage

Sustaining Strong Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

September 27, 2018
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
Staff Report

Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a place with significant assets including natural beauty, productive farmland, and an iconic seafood industry. The region also faces significant challenges. Some of these would be familiar […]

Expanding Home Care Options in Maryland

May 1, 2017
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
Christopher Meyer

Home care aides provide vital care to thousands of Marylanders who have difficulty with daily tasks because of their age, a disability, or a health condition. These workers help their […]

Healthcare

Workforce Development Training and SNAP: A Powerful Combination for Maryland’s Striving Workers

October 1, 2016
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
Staff Report

For the many Marylanders who are struggling to make ends meet the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital resource. New time limits on food assistance threaten the food […]

Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

Maryland’s Poor Taxed More Than Rich; Communities of Color Feel Biggest Pinch

March 25, 2015
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
Mark Scott

The state’s highest income households pay the lowest percentage of their yearly earnings in state and local taxes compared to middle-class and low-income households. Residents struggling the most to make […]

Budges and Taxes

State of Working Maryland 2013

December 1, 2013
Maryland Center for Economic Policy
Staff Report

Amid the slow and uneven recovery from the Great Recession and the gridlock that has become the norm at the federal level, working families in Maryland struggle to move ahead […]

State of Working X Unemployment Insurance