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 February 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.
 January 2012 by Steven Pitts
» Full Report
» 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.
 December 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
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» Members of Congress cite our report
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.
October 2011 by Nari Rhee, ed.
» Research Volume
» Press Release
» 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.
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