Recession Has Compounded Long-Term Employment Problems for DC Residents without Post-Secondary Degrees
By Ed Lazere • October 13, 2010
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A Few Lessons We Hope DC Leaders Have Learned From This Year’s Summer Youth Employment Program
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 4, 2010
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Summer Youth Employment Program Testimony of Ed Lazere at The Public Oversight Roundtable on The Fiscal Year 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program
By Ed Lazere • August 2, 2010 • Inclusive Economy
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Five Myths about Unemployment Insurance
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 27, 2010
We want to flag a good article in last Sunday’s Washington Post Outlook section, just in case your summer weekend didn’t include a good perusing of the newspaper. If it didn’t, you might have missed a great myth-busting job by Heidi […]
Increase in DC’s Unemployment Rate Falls Most Heavily on Those Least Able to Afford It
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 25, 2010 • Income & Poverty
Last year was a particularly tough one for many District residents. As the national economy took a steep downturn, DC’s unemployment rate shot up by more than 40 percent. By December 2009, nearly 40,000 District residents were without a job and […]
A Stimulus for both the District and DC’s Jobless
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 23, 2010
On Tuesday, the DC Council took a big step to help jobless DC residents get more assistance — a move that also will allow the District to receive critical federal dollars during these tough economic times. It’s a clear win-win situation.
Poverty on the Rise in the District: The Impact of Unemployment in 2009 and 2010
By Jenny Reed • March 24, 2010 • Income & Poverty
The dramatic increase in unemployment in the District during the current economic recession is likely to have led to a growing number of DC residents living in poverty. While official Census Bureau income data for 2009 will not be out until later this year, […]
Are job tax credits the best way to tackle DC’s unemployment crisis?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 17, 2010
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