Jobs and Income Maine’s Lack of Population and Job Growth Tamps Down Growth in Wages and Salaries Today’s data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows Maine’s personal income growth kept pace with the nation and the region in the second quarter of 2014, but […] Joel Johnson Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Employment, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole Mark Sullivan Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Incomes, Job Quality
Jobs and Income Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation Mark Sullivan Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Incomes, Job Quality
Maine’s Economy Child poverty fell in 2013, but median household income continues to go nowhere Child poverty in Maine fell back to pre-recession levels in 2013, but income for the median household and the overall poverty rate saw no improvement, according to […] Joel Johnson Posted September 18, 2014 Tags Children, Incomes, Job Quality, Poverty
Health Care Wrong Way for Maine on Health Insurance Maine is one of only two states in the country to experience an increase in the percentage of their people who do not have health insurance. The number […] Mark Sullivan Posted September 16, 2014 Tags Health Care
Health Care Attention: Important Census Data Ahead Next week the U.S. Census Bureau will have two major releases that will provide researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public with critically important data on poverty, […] Mark Sullivan Posted September 12, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty
Jobs and Income A simple 1-2 punch to give working Mainers a raise Increasing Maine’s earned income tax credit and raising the state’s minimum wage would go a long way toward making work pay for Maine’s families today and lay […] Joel Johnson Posted September 5, 2014 Tags EITC, Minimum Wage