The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends. Subsidized employment programs appear more likely to result in long-term benefits when: (1)  employers have a business model that makes it realistic for them to hire participants full time after the program ends and (2)  the target population is women or long-term unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We make this comparison across several different types of h ouseholds, with varying numbers of adults and children: For a single parent with three children, the statewide minimum wage is right around the poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - As  a  result, we  can say that the “real ” value of the state ’s dollar h as declined 10 percent. Lowers Quantity of Services. One of the most common impacts of elevated inflation for spending programs is a reduction in the quantity of state services provided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In this report, we concluded that the exemption likely h as some positive economic effects on the targeted industries in California. Whether the program had positive or negative net effects on the state ’s economy as a whole was unclear, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331