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- Presentation
Presentation by William J. Carrington, CBO Analyst, to the Winter Policy Forum of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies
- Blog Post
Director Doug Elmendorf spoke with a group of reporters who gather regularly at the invitation of the Christian Science Monitor. He opened with a discussion of the slow recovery of the labor market.
- Report
Raising the minimum wage would increase family income for many low-wage workers, moving some of them out of poverty. But some jobs for low-wage workers would probably be eliminated and the income of those workers would fall substantially.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on January 6, 2014
- Report
Since the recession ended in June 2009, employment has risen sluggishly and the unemployment rate has fallen only partway back to its prerecession level. This CBO report discusses the reasons for the slow recovery of the labor market.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 14, 2013
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 31, 2013
- Cost Estimate
As proposed by Senator Reid on January 9, 2014