Comparing Spendable Income, Welfare vs. Work
DHR produced a chart comparing monthly spendable income from public assistance (cash and foodstamps) to monthly spendable income from work
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The State of Working Oregon
News Release The Oregon Center for Public Policy, a Silverton-based public policy research organization, released data this Labor Day weekend on the status of Oregon’s working families. The data comes from “The State of Working America 1998-99,” a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute (EPI), released Sunday. The data shows that the typical Oregonians’ wages
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Comparing Recent Declines in Oregon’s Cash Assistance Caseload with Trends in the Poverty Population
Across the nation, the number of people receiving cash assistance has declined sharply since the mid-1990s. In Oregon, the number of people on welfare fell 59 percent between January 1993 and March 1998. The March 1998 caseload (48,633) is lower than the caseload in 1969. Oregon’s decline, in percentage terms, is among the highest in
Study Shows Oregon’s Minimum Wage Sets National Standard for Profitable Welfare Reform
News Release The voter-approved minimum wage increase of 1996 reversed a three-year decline in starting wages for welfare recipients, according to a new study by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). The earnings increases in 1997 and the first quarter of 1998 amounted to 76 cents an hour, a nine percent
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Real Wages Rise in 1998 for Most Workers
Minimum Wage Increase “Proved Successful” New data released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a Silverton-based public policy research organization, shows that the real wages (wages adjusted for inflation) of the typical worker increased by 3.8 percent since 1996, while low wage workers saw their wages increase by 6.2 percent. These across the
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Income Inequality Grows in Oregon
The Rich Get Richer While The Poor and Middle Class Lose Income Over Last Two Decades
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Emergency Board Reserves for Federal Welfare Reform
The 1997 Oregon Legislative Assembly chose to set aside $4.9 million in the Emergency Fund to address some of the impacts of the 1996 federal welfare reform.
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