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Black and Latino Retirement (In)Security

Reseach BriefFebruary 2012 by Nari Rhee
» Research Brief
» Press Coverage

This research brief finds that Black and Latino seniors face even tougher times in retirement than American seniors as a whole, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.


Annual Report: Black Employment and Unemployment in 2011

Annual Report: Black Employment and Unemployment in 2011January 2012 by Steven Pitts
» Full Report PDF
» Press Release

A year-in-review of the Monthly Black Worker Report,  “Annual Report: Black Employment and Unemployment in 2011” finds that last year’s unemployment rates for Black workers remained in the 15 to 16 percent range, while unemployment for the rest of the workforce dropped below 9 percent. The report is based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, and breaks out unemployment rates by race, gender and age groups in 2011.

Proposed Regulations Could Limit Access to
Affordable Health Coverage for Workers’ Children and Family Members

Affordable Care ActDecember 2011, by Ken Jacobs, Dave Graham-Squire, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Christina M. Kinane, Jack Needleman, Greg Watson, and Daphna Gans
» Policy Brief PDF
» Press Release
» Members of Congress cite our report PDF

Our latest report analyzes the proposed regulations defining affordable job-based coverage under the Affordable Care Act. We find that the proposed regulations would result in 144,000 fewer Californians having access to subsidized coverage in the health insurance exchange than would be the case under an alternative interpretation of affordability.

Meeting California’s Retirement Security Challenge

Meeting California Retirement Security Challenge October 2011 by Nari Rhee, ed.
» Research Volume
» Press Release PDF
» Press Coverage

This edited volume brings together rigorous academic and policy research to outline California workers’ retirement prospects in the context of threats to Social Security, the decline of secure workplace pensions, and the shift to risky individual investment accounts like 401(k)s. In California, less than one–half of private sector workers have access to an employer sponsored retirement plan, and nearly half of all workers are likely to have retirement incomes that place them in or near poverty. There is also marked racial and socioeconomic inequality in life expectancy among California residents that persists at retirement age. Fortunately, state level policies can make it easier for employers and employees to participate in cost–efficient and secure retirement plans for workers who do not have an adequate pension.

Research & Resources on the Affordable Care Act

Health Care ReportsAchieving Equity by Building a Bridge from Eligible to Enrolled PDF
(February 2012)

Newly Insured Californians Would Fall by More than 1 Million under the Affordable Care Act without the Requirement to Purchase Insurance
(January 2012)

Proposed Regulations Could Limit Access to Affordable Health Coverage for Workers’ Children and Family Members PDF (December 2011)

Summary of Health Care Reform Legislation Provisions Affecting Children, Non-Elderly Adults and Employers PDF (Updated May 2012)

The Promise of the Affordable Care Act, the Practical Realities of Implementation PDF (October, 2011)

New Federal Health Care Law Resources (Updated April 2012)

Affordable Care Act: Summary of Provisions Affecting Employer-Sponsored Insurance PDF (Updated April 2012)

Eligibility for Medi-Cal and the Health Insurance Exchange in California under the Affordable Care Act PDF (Updated 8/5/10)

Calculator: How Much Will a Family Spend Under the New Federal Health Law? PDF (Updated April 2012)

Federal Health Reform: Impact on California Small Businesses, Their Employees and the Self-Employed PDF (Updated June 2010)

Maximizing Health Care Enrollment through Seamless Coverage for Families in Transition: Current Trends and Policy Implications PDF (March 2011)

View all Labor Center Reports on Health Care »


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Press Government Job Cuts Threaten Black Middle Class
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Issue Brief HEALTH CARE REPORT
Laying the Foundation for Health Care Reform: Local Initiatives to Integrate the Health Care Safety Net
May, 2012, by Annette Gardner, PhD, MPH.

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Press How to Close the Gender Wage Gap in Just Seven Easy* Steps
The Nation, April 17, 2012
Press More Blacks in Management Would Be a True Robinson Tribute
New York Times, April 16, 2012
Press With nods to Occupy Wall Street, economic inequality teach-in generates light, not heat
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Policy Research POLICY RESEARCH
The State of Health Insurance in California
Findings from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey, February 2012, UCLA Center on Health Policy Research

Montly Black Worker ReportMONTHLY BLACK WORKER REPORT
Data Brief: Black Employment and Unemployment in April 2012
May 6, 2012, by Steven Pitts

Press A retirement plan for the forgotten
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2012

Press UC study says hybrid pensions would hurt lowest-paid workers
Sacramento Bee, February 3, 2012

Press Hear the authors of California Workers Rights on KALW’s "Your Legal Rights"
February 1, 2012

Policy Note POLICY NOTE
The implications of eliminating the “individual mandate” from federal health reform
January 2012

Press Report: Black Unemployment Remained Steady in 2011
BET January 19, 2012

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PressIN THE NEWS
Income inequality slide show projected onto Anna Head complex
The Daily Cal, December 13, 2011

PressIN THE NEWS
Report: Fixing health law ‘glitch’ would expand subsidies to tens of thousands
The Hill, December 13, 2011

BlogOP-ED
Viewpoints: Raising the retirement age increases inequality
By Ken Jacobs and Nari Rhee in the Sacramento Bee, December 1, 2011

PressIN THE NEWS
As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest
Steven Pitts in The New York Times
November 28, 2011

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