For over two decades, COWS has been a go-to source for reliable data and analysis on the Wisconsin economy. We also develop concrete policy ideas and support existing policies in the state that help create decent jobs and stronger communities. All of our work in Wisconsin is aimed at putting the state on the high road of shared prosperity that is so vital to its future.

This page also provides information on COWS' speaking engagements in Wisconsin.

 

Data, Research & Policy for Wisconsin

Wisconsin Job Watch
Published monthly, provides a snapshot of the effects of the recession on Wisconsin jobs.

The State of Working Wisconsin
Published biennially, with a shorter update offered on alternate years, provides a comprehensive review of the status of jobs and workers in Wisconsin. The 2010 edition focuses on the effects of the Great Recession on Wisconsin workers.

Policy research and analysis on:

• changes in the 2011-13 budget
• Wisconsin's middle class
• the Governor's ability (or not) to create jobs and influence job quality
• a more balanced approach to the state budget
• public-sector workers and the real cause of Wisconsin's budget shortfall
• the health of the Wisconsin Retirement System
• public-sector worker compensation
• employer-sponsored health insurance
• building bridges to post-secondary education for working adults
• energy efficency retrofit programs in Milwaukee and Racine
• the status of women workers
• mapping green career pathways

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Speaking engagements in and about Wisconsin

Video from the March 11 "Teach-in" on
The Economics of the Wisconsin Labor Struggle
presented by the Labor & Working Class Studies Project.

With:

• Monica Adams, Freedom, Inc.
• Jim Cavanaugh, South Central Federation of Labor
• Laura Dresser, Center on Wisconsin Strategy
• Patrick Hickey, Workers Rights Center
• Edo Navot, Teaching Assistants Association
• Mark Brenner, Labor Notes