Governor Newsom Needs a Jobs Policy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
By Alison Schmitt After listening to Governor Newsom’s first State of the State on February 12 and reading through his proposed 2019 budget, there is […]
Labor
Spring 2019 Journal: Driving Through Crisis – Gig Work During Recession
This article is the fourth article featured in our Spring 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Current Issue” tab above. By Heather […]
Fall 2018 Journal: Welfare-to-Work: Work Requirements under TANF
By Hinnaneh A. Qazi Edited by Randall Tran and Chenchen Zhang Mandatory work requirements require that social safety net recipients meet certain workforce-related criteria in […]
Regulating Workplace Risk in California’s Informal Economy
By Jesús Guzman Lost underneath much of the debate about immigration is a related policy question about the informal labor market many immigrants use […]
New Government Policies Attempt to Address Gender Wage Gap
By Courtney Colburn Equal pay day was Tuesday, April 4, symbolizing how far into 2017 women would have to work to earn what their male counterparts […]
Artificial Intelligence: The Way Forward for Policy and Regulation
By Manasa Gummi Artificial intelligence (AI) has so far occurred in a regulatory vacuum. With the exception of a few legislative measures regarding autonomous vehicles, very […]
Public Sector Employees are Highly Educated, Underpaid
By Celeste Middleton “Public workers are overpaid.” Most public servants have heard this at some point, whether from an opinionated relative or a high-profile politician. Mitt […]
The Child Tax Credit: The Largest Transfer Program You’ve Never Heard Of
by Darian Woods 4/28/2016 In the primaries we’ve heard a lot about social programs like Medicare and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Less mentioned […]
Some Safety Net Programs Depress Wages
by Matt Unrath 4/7/2016 Are taxpayers propping up the profits of large corporations by supporting low-wage workers? Advocates and labor leaders think so, and have […]
Unpaid Internship Programs are Inequitable, Hypocritical
by Ian Perry 3/17/2016 Unpaid policy internships are unacceptable. They unfairly limit the opportunity for students lacking substantial personal savings or family support and […]