Policy Reports

The Impact of Low Unemployment Rates on Disadvantaged Groups (with Dean Baker)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, October 2017.

Stick Shift: Autonomous Vehicles, Driving Jobs, and the Future of Work (contributing author)
Center for Global Policy Solutions, March 2017.

The Affordable Care Act and the Change in Voluntary Part-time Employment by States (with Dean Baker)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 2017.

Who Pays More if We Raise the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap (with Alan Barber)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, February 2017.

Hispanic Workers in the United States
Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 2016.

Black Workers, Unions, and Inequality
Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 2016.


The Price We Pay: Economic Costs of Barriers to Employment for Former Prisoners and People Convicted of Felonies (with Alan Barber)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, June 2016.

Still Working Hard: An Updated on the Share of Older Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs (with Dean Baker)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 2016.

Young Black America Part Four: The Wrong Way to Close the Gender Wage Gap
Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 2015.

Young Black America Part Three: Employment, Unemployment, and the Incomplete Recovery
Center for Economic and Policy Research, June 2015.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers Today (with Nicole Woo)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, May 2015.

Low-wage Workers: Still Older, Smarter, and Underpaid
Center for Economic and Policy Research, May 2015.

Young Black America Part Two: College Entry and Completion
Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 2015.

Young Black America Part One: High School Completion Rates are at Their Highest Ever
Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 2015.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Union Membership (with Nicole Woo and John Schmitt
Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2015.

Who Would Pay More if the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap Were Raised or Scrapped? (with Nicole Woo and John Schmitt)
Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2015.

Popular Pieces

Who Are the Middle Class? (with Nicole Woo and Kevin Cashman)
The CEPR Blog, February 4, 2016.

The RushCard Fiasco Can Point Us to Good Policy for Serving the Unbanked, Underbanked, and Formerly Incarcerated (with Kevin Cashman)
The CEPR Blog, November 3, 2015.

Where’s that jobs recovery? The case of young black employment
The Society Pages, October 20, 2015.

Yes, College Completion is Up, But so is the Gap Between Blacks and Whites
The Society Pages, August 26, 2015.

Criminal Justice Reform Shouldn’t End With Release
The CEPR Blog, July 22, 2015.

Satisfied? Young Black America Report on Gender, Race, and H.S. Grad Rates
The Society Pages, June 29, 2015.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Poverty and the Earned Income Tax Credit (with Mindy Ault)
The Public Purpose, Vol. 12, pp. 1-16