Posts Tagged ‘Missouri Economic Research and Information Center’
Forced Dues-State Households Have Less to Spend
A new National Institute for Labor Relations Research analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) data shows that the average cost of living-adjusted, after-tax income per household in Right to Work…
Read MorePoverty Higher in Forced-Dues States
A recent U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) report furnishes data on the average share of residents living in poverty in each of the 50 states from 2016-18. BOC supplemental poverty measure…
Read MoreBig Labor has “a Substantial and Statistically Significant Negative Relationship With Student Achievement”
Monopolistic Unionism Makes Schools Less Effective, More Expensive ‘[Coercive] Union Strength Variable . . . Has a Substantial and Statistically Significant Negative Relationship With Student Achievement’ Click to download the…
Read MoreForced-Dues State Households Have Less Real Income
Higher Costs for Consumers Translate Into Lower Living Standards for Employees and Everyone Else [download fact sheet here] In California, the erstwhile Golden State, K-12 educators obviously recognize that they…
Read More‘Hoosiers’ Real Purchasing Power Has Increased More Rapidly’
One important reason why living standards in Indiana have improved relative to in forced-unionism states nationwide since the Hoosier Right to Work law was adopted in early 2012 is the…
Read MorePer Capita Income Higher in Right To Work States
Cost of Living-Adjusted, After-Tax Income Per Capita More Than $2,400 Higher in Right to Work States Than in Forced-Unionism States An ever-growing mountain of scholarly research and countless Americans’ personal…
Read MoreRight to Work States Economically Out-Perform Forced-Unionism New Hampshire
Last month, New Hampshire Executive Council Member Chris Sununu was elected as governor after running a campaign in which he publicly pledged again and again to fight for passage of…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Far More Costly to Live in
Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC), a state government agency, published its latest set of state comparative cost-of-living indices.  (See the link below. Because late 2015…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Were on Average 20% More Costly to Live in Than Right to Work States in 2012
Cost of Living 4th Quarter 2012 Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) published comparative cost-of-living indices for the 50 states covering the fourth quarter of 2012.…
Read MoreSeven Lowest-Ranking States For Cost of Living-Adjusted Income Lack Right to Work Laws
Despite High Cost of Living, New Jersey Has Yet to Bump Up Its … Professional economists and ordinary Americans alike understand that the purchasing power of a dollar varies widely from state…
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