The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) has published a new report, “How State Spending Can Create a Good Jobs Economy,” written by Karla Walter, Senior Fellow of Inclusive Economy at the Center for American Progress with support from, among others, In the Public Interest’s Research and Policy Director Shahrzad Habibi. We think its research well worth reading.

“State governments support millions of jobs across our economy by spending hundreds of billions of public dollars to purchase goods and services and grow local economies,” the report begins. “Yet jobs created through this spending too often pay poverty wages, have poor working conditions, or do little to ensure residents benefit.”

SiX provides a half-dozen recommendations to remedy the problem, with brief case studies to illustrate their effectiveness.

Read the report here.