Recent Work

Rhee, Nari: Black and Latino Retirement (In)Security, 2012

Rhee, Nari: Meeting California’s Retirement Security Challenge through a State Sponsored Retirement Plan: Policy Design Challenges and Options, 2012

Rhee, Nari: Potential Impact of Governor Brown’s Pension Reform Plan on Low Wage Workers, 2012

Stubbs, David M.; Rhee, Nari: Can a publicly sponsored retirement plan for private sector workers guarantee benefits at no risk to the state?, 2012

Zabin, Carol; Hammerling, Jessie HF: August 17, 2012, Comments on California Energy Commission’s First Triennial Investment Plan for the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program, 2012

Zabin, Carol: Comments on California Energy Commission’s Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Program for Existing Buildings (AB 758) Scoping Report, 2012

Zabin, Carol: Comments on California Energy Commission’s Proposal for Certification of Acceptance Testing Field Technicians for Lighting Controls and HVAC Systems (Docket No. 10-BSTD-01), 2012

Zabin, Carol: Comments on the California Public Utilities Commission’s 2013-2014 Evaluation, Measurement &Verification Plan, 2012

Zabin, Carol: Green Collar Jobs Council Prop. 39 and other Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Guiding Principles and Strategies for Jobs and Workforce Development, 2012

Zabin, Carol; Hammerling, Jessie HF: October 2, 2012, Comments on California Energy Commission’s First Triennial Investment Plan for the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program, 2012

Zabin, Carol; Hammerling, Jessie HF: October 26, 2012, Comments on California Energy Commission’s First Triennial Investment Plan for the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program, 2012

Allegretto, Sylvia; Lucia, Laurel: Unemployment Benefits Critical to Jobless Workers and Economic Recovery in California, 2011

Allegretto, Sylvia; Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel: The Wrong Target: Public Sector Unions and State Budget Deficits, 2011

Jacobs, Ken: Balancing economic development and social welfare in South Africa: The Walmart/Massmart merger, 2011

Jacobs, Ken; Graham-Squire, Dave; Luce, Stephanie: Living Wage Policies and Big-Box Retail: How a Higher Wage Standard Would Impact Walmart Workers and Shoppers, 2011

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; O'Leary, Ann; Marciarille, Ann Marie: Maximizing Health Care Enrollment through Seamless Coverage for Families in Transition: Current Trends and Policy Implications, 2011

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; O'Leary, Ann: The Promise of the Affordable Care Act, the Practical Realities of Implementation: Maintaining Health Coverage During Life Transitions, 2011

Logan, John; Johansson, Erin; Lamare, Ryan: New Data: NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote, 2011

Lucia, Laurel: Economic Impact of Low Income Health Program Spending on Select California Counties, 2011

Lucia, Laurel: Fact Sheet: Analysis of Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (AB 889), 2011

MacGillvary, Jenifer; Lucia, Laurel: Economic Impacts of Early Care and Education in California, 2011

Pitts, Steven C.: Black Workers and the Public Sector, 2011

Zabin, Carol; Chapple, Karen: California Workforce Education & Training Needs Assessment for Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation, and Demand Response, 2011

Zabin, Carol; Hammerling, Jessie HF: Comments on California Energy Commission’s Clean Energy Partnership Academy Guidelines, 2011

Zabin, Carol: Comments to California Public Utilities Commission on the Investor Owned Utilities’ Energy Savings Assistance Program Applications, 2011

Zabin, Carol; Hammerling, Jessie HF: Recommendations on low income energy efficiency programs to CPUC Commissioner Timothy Simon, 2011

Allegretto, Sylvia; Pitts, Steven C.: The End of the Recession? How Blacks Might Fare in the Jobless Recovery, 2010

Allegretto, Sylvia; Pitts, Steven C.: The State of Black Workers before the Great Recession, 2010

Firestein, Netsy; King, Deborah; Quan, Katie: New Approaches to Organizing Women and Young Workers: Social Media & Work Family Issues, 2010

Graham-Squire, Dave: How would the Senate health bill affect U.S. workers employed at or near part-time?, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lester, T. William; Tan, Laurel: Budget Solutions and Jobs, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: Do Health Savings Accounts Lower Costs?, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; Lester, T. William: The Economic Consequences of Proposed California Budget Cuts, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; Graham-Squire, Dave: Eligibility for Medi-Cal and the Health Insurance Exchange in California under the Affordable Care Act, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: The end game on health reform, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; Graham-Squire, Dave: Federal Health Reform: Impact on California Small Businesses, Their Employees and the Self-Employed, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: Health care reform would increase access and affordability in California, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; Graham-Squire, Dave; Gabel, Jon; McDevitt, Roland: The President’s Health Reform Proposal: Impact on Access and Affordability in California, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: Raising The Bar: The Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point Development Community Benefits Agreement, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; Lester, T. William: Regional Economic Impacts of Proposed Health and Human Services Cuts, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: There are economic consequences to budget cuts, 2010

Jacobs, Ken: When it comes to jobs, not all budget solutions are equal, 2010

Jacobs, Ken; Dow, William; Graham-Squire, Dave; Lucia, Laurel: Who Benefits from the Proposed Amendment to the Senate Excise Tax on Employer Health Premiums?, 2010

Lester, T. William; Jacobs, Ken: Creating Good Jobs in Our Communities: How Higher Wage Standards Affect Economic Development and Employment, 2010

Rhee, Nari: Analysis of Proposed Ballot Initiatives for City of Redding Retirement Benefit Reductions, 2010

Zabin, Carol; Benner, Chris; Tilly, Chris: The National Center for a Clean Energy Workforce: A Scoping Study, 2010

Gabel, Jon; Jacobs, Ken; Lucia, Laurel; McDevitt, Roland; Pickreign, Jeremy; KC, Shova: National Health Reform Requirements and California Employers, 2009

Gardner, Annette; Rodgers, Melissa; Jacobs, Ken: Addressing California’s Health Coverage Gaps: The Impact of National Health Care Reform, 2009

Jacobs, Ken; Graham-Squire, Dave: Californians’ Access to Coverage under the Health Reform Proposals, 2009

Jacobs, Ken: Comparing the Employer Requirements in the Congressional Health Proposals, 2009