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Since its creation, KRC has become a leading source of independent analysis of Pennsylvania’s economy and public policy. KRC is located at 412 North Third Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-1346. Most of KRC’s original research is available on the KRC website [at www.keystoneresearch.org. KRC welcomes](at www.keystoneresearch.org. KRC welcomes) questions or other inquiries about its work at 717-255-7181.  \nAbout the Authors  \nStephen Herzenberg, KRC’s executive director, [holds a Ph.D. in](holds a Ph.D. in) economics from MIT. He writes widely on how Pennsylvania and the United States can achieve broadly shared prosperity. His writings for national audiences include “Chapter 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth,” in Governing for Sustainability, Environmental Law Institute, 2023; “Hatching Labor’s Phoenix,” in The Many Futures of Work, Temple University Press, 2021; Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education, Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 2005; New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Postindustrial America, Cornell/ILR Press, 1998; and U.S.-and Mexico Trade: Pulling Together or Pulling Apart?, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1992.  \nMuhammad Maisum Murtaza, KRC research associate, joined KRC in 2020 after interning for the organization in summer of 2019. He has an undergraduate degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University where he also helped teach an ecology course. Maisum coauthored The State of Working Pennsylvania for the last several years and also conducts research on climate issues, immigration, and new developments in the labor force.  \nClaire Kovach, KRC’s senior research analyst, [holds a Ph.D. in](holds a Ph.D. in) Sociology from The Pennsylvania State University where her research centered on quantitative measurement of poverty and material hardship. She interned with The Center on Budget and Policy priorities in Washington, D.C. where she worked on data driven poverty and immigration policy topics. Her most recent work for a national audience is a Census Working Paper: “Neighborhood Income and Material Hardship in the United States.”  \nSupport KRC  \nThe work of KRC is supported by grants from charitable foundations, research contracts with various organizations, and contributions from organizations and individuals who share KRC’s vision of broadly shared prosperity in Pennsylvania. To learn how you or your organization can support KRC, please visit the KRC website at www.keystoneresearch.org or call 717-255-7181.  \nExecutive Summary  \nThe State of Working Pennsylvania 2022 centered on our continued recovery from the COVID-19 recession, highlighting that Pennsylvania was at a policy crossroads: would our political leaders embrace policies to strengthen the individual and collective worker power evident a year ago? Or would austerity and anti-worker policies after the 2022 elections undercut the possibility of amore sustained period of shared prosperity, a “New Deal for a New Economy?”  \nIn the past year, policymakers have not made a decisive choice between these two policy options. In part because the 2022 elections led to divided government. Executive authority at both the federal and state level remains in the hands of policymakers supportive of workers and labor unions, which makes possible small steps to enhance workers’ power. But divided legislative branches rule out big changes in state and federal laws. On the upside, we have not yet seen a reversal of the 2021-22 federal investments in climate, infrastructure, and innovation now sustaining a strong economy. On the downside, we have not yet passed a federal or state minimum wage increase and there is zero chance of enacting a major pro-worker labor law reform (i.e., Protecting the Rig","cbCaibVVLk1k42C3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibVVLk1k42C3","pdf",923598,36,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Policy crossroads after the COVID-19 recession\n## Labor market remains favorable to workers","[{\"question\":\"What policy crossroads does the 2022 report highlight for Pennsylvania?\",\"answer\":\"It contrasts strengthening worker power through supportive policies versus the risk that austerity and anti-worker approaches could undercut shared prosperity after the 2022 elections.\"},{\"question\":\"Why were major pro-worker policy changes limited during the past year?\",\"answer\":\"Divided government after the 2022 elections created divided authority, with supportive executive leadership but legislative branches that ruled out big changes in state and federal laws.\"},{\"question\":\"What evidence does the report use to show the labor market remains favorable to workers?\",\"answer\":\"It cites a steady decline in the unemployment rate, a low unemployment-to-job-opening ratio, continued job growth, and limited withdrawal from the labor market compared with pandemic expectations.\"}]","Executive Summary - The State of Working Pennsylvania 2022 | PDF",1792052749,91]