Jobs and Skills Publications

Below is a list of our reports related to jobs and skills, in descending order by year published. Explore other topics here and all High Road Strategy Center reports here.

Bernstein, J., H. Boushy, E. McNichol, and R. Zahradnik. Pulling Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends. Economic Policy Institute and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2002.

Despite economic growth in the 1990’s, income inequality is on the rise. This analysis examines trends in income inequality in each of the 50 states over the past two business cycles.
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Freeman, R. B., and J. Rogers. Open Source Unionism: Beyond Exclusive Collective Bargaining. Working USA, 2002, pp. 8-40.

A report on the benefits of “open source unionism”, unionization that is open to non-majority memberships which makes extensive use of the internet to deliver services to workers. This article describes current union activity heading in this general direction. It assesses the legal and administrative feasibility of open source unionism and suggests ways unions could develop it further.
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,. More Servants or a Better Society? Mapping a Positive Alternative to Low-Level, Dead-End jobs. COWS, 2002.

COWS report on “More Servants or a Better Society”, a research project that investigates why low-end service sector jobs have grown so dramatically in recent decades and how workers who fill those positions can improve their lot.
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,. Economic Opportunity in a Volatile Economy The Role of Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs). COWS, 2002.

COWS report of a research project, “Economic Opportunity in a Volatile Economy,” that investigates labor market intermediaries (LMI). This research project is jointly sponsored with Working Partnerships USA.
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,. The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership: Understanding How to Strengthen the U.S. Manufacturing base. COWS, 2002.

COWS overview of the Advanced Manufacturing Project (AMP), a research consortium consisting of COWS staff and colleagues at the Center for Economic Regional Issues and the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center.
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,. A Public Investment in Quality Care for Kids: An Evaluation of the Local Child Care Wage Initiative. 2002.

COWS evaluation of the development of the Local Child Care Wage Initiative.
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Rogers, J. ‘Privatize’ Equals ‘Redistribute’. The Capital Times, 2002.

Sustaining Wisconsin Column
Published in The Capital Times but often republished around the state, these were part of an 18-month public education campaign COWS ran before the 2002 WI gubernatorial primary election.
NB: Not responsible for article titles.
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Rogers, J. Social Security Scare Is Big Lie. The Capital Times, 2002.

Sustaining Wisconsin Column
Published in The Capital Times but often republished around the state, these were part of an 18-month public education campaign COWS ran before the 2002 WI gubernatorial primary election.
NB: Not responsible for article titles.
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Rogers, J. Keep the Government, Dissolve the People!. The Capital Times, 2002.

Sustaining Wisconsin Column
Published in The Capital Times but often republished around the state, these were part of an 18-month public education campaign COWS ran before the 2002 WI gubernatorial primary election.
NB: Not responsible for article titles.
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Rogers, J. Wow! Greed Really Isn’t Enough!. The Capital Times, 2002.

Sustaining Wisconsin Column
Published in The Capital Times but often republished around the state, these were part of an 18-month public education campaign COWS ran before the 2002 WI gubernatorial primary election.
NB: Not responsible for article titles.
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