Monthly Archives: March 2004

Immigrant Workers and the Minimum Wage in New York City

March 25, 2004. Prepared by the Fiscal Policy Institute for the New York Immigration Coalition. Includes detailed tables on the immigrant workforce in New York City. Read the report.

Anthony Troia2020-11-13T14:58:55-05:00March 25th, 2004|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Migration, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Rethinking Growth Strategies: How State and Local Taxes and Services Affect Economic Development

March 19, 2004. A new book by Robert G. Lynch from by the Economic Policy Institute. Lynch is Chair of the Economics Department at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and former chair of the Economics Department at SUNY Cortland. Executive Summary Creating jobs and growing the economy are top priorities for state and local officials. Their tools of choice to achieve these goals may, however, be the least effective among those available to them. Too often public officeholders first embrace lowering taxes and creating tax [...]

Anthony Troia2020-11-13T14:56:20-05:00March 19th, 2004|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy|