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CDA Research Papers

September 16, 2008
Free-Market Philanthropy: The Social Aspect of Entrepreneurship
By Guinevere Nell, James Sherk, and Paul L. Winfree
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-07

 

September 02, 2008
Job-to-Job Transitions: More Mobility and Security in the Workforce
By James Sherk
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-06

 

June 17, 2008
A Good Job Is Not So Hard to Find
By James Sherk
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-04

 

May 12, 2008
The Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-02

 

April 30, 2008
More H-1B Visas, More American Jobs, A Better Economy
By James Sherk and Guinevere Nell
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-01

 

August 28, 2007
Use and Abuse of the Family and Medical Leave Act: What Workers and Employers Say
By James Sherk
Special Report #16

 

June 26, 2007
A Bureaucratic Nightmare: The Senate's Temporary Guest Worker Program
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1525

 

June 04, 2007
Surety Bonds: A Better Solution Than Burdensome Workplace Immigration Enforcement
By James Sherk and William W. Beach
WebMemo #1482

 

June 01, 2007
The Senate's Workplace Immigration Enforcement Proposal: Too Much Federal Meddling
By Wes Dyck, William W. Beach, and James Sherk
WebMemo #1480

 

May 15, 2007
Congress Should Consider Alternatives to Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1457

 

May 10, 2007
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Invites Misuse That Harms Co-Workers and Customers
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1450

 

April 23, 2007
How the Employee Free Choice Act Takes Away Workers' Rights
By James Sherk and Paul Kersey
Backgrounder #2027

 

March 05, 2007
Binding Arbitration: A Bad Deal for Workers
By Paul Kersey and James Sherk
WebMemo #1383

 

March 01, 2007
Interest Arbitration: Risky for Unions and Employers
By Paul Kersey and James Sherk
WebMemo #1378

 

January 23, 2007
Who Earns the Minimum Wage? Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents
By James Sherk and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
WebMemo #1320

 

January 08, 2007
Raising the Minimum Wage Will Not Reduce Poverty
By James Sherk
Backgrounder #1994

 

January 02, 2007
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt Unskilled and Disadvantaged Workers' Job Prospects
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1294

 

October 16, 2006
Shared Prosperity: Debunking Pessimistic Claims About Wages, Profits, and Wealth
By James Sherk
Backgrounder #1978

 

July 28, 2006
Minimum Wage Workers' Incomes Rise When the Minimum Wage Does Not
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1181

 

July 06, 2004
In the Dark on Job Training: Federal Job-Training Programs Have a Record of Failure
By David Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Paul Kersey
Backgrounder #1774

 

Featured Data & Charts

Chart 3: LIBOR Spread Over Effective Federal Funds Rate


Chart 1: Effective Federal Funds Rate and Target Rate
Chart 2: LIBOR and the Effective Federal Funds Rate
Chart 4: Daily Yield Spread, Moody's Aaa and baa Rated Corporate Bonds


The U.S. Economic Outlook
A PowerPoint Presentation of James Sherk on the improved working conditions of American workers today over a generation ago. This presentation was given October 2, 2008 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (PowerPoint)

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