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Date
Title
Type
12/05/08
Job losses accelerate at alarming rate in November
Economic Indicators
11/25/08
Bringing us from bad to better: Next stimulus plan must be adequate in scale and implemented quickly
10/29/08
What we need to get by—A basic standard of living costs $48,778, and nearly a third of families fall short
Briefing Paper
10/24/08
Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America
Analysis & Opinion
10/03/08
Jobs Picture, October 3, 2008
Economic Indicators
09/18/08
Challenges Facing American Workers
Viewpoints
09/05/08
Jobs Picture, September 5, 2008
Economic Indicators
08/27/08
Compared to 1990s, middle-class working families lose ground in the 2000s
Economic Snapshots
08/26/08
Median income rose as did poverty in 2007; 2000s have been extremely weak for living standards of most households
Economic Indicators
08/21/08
What the upcoming Census report will (probably) tell us
Economic Indicators
08/18/08
The State of Working America 2008/2009
Book
08/04/08
The Shampoo Economy
Viewpoints
08/04/08
The Right Question
Viewpoints
08/04/08
The Not-So-Great Energy Debate
Viewpoints
08/01/08
Jobs Picture, August 1, 2008
Economic Indicators
07/29/08
The Antidote to Our Pessimism: Change
Viewpoints
07/22/08
How Much More Can Consumers Be Squeezed by Stagnant Income, Skyrocketing Household Costs, and Falling Home Prices?
Viewpoints
07/16/08
Definition for today
Viewpoints
07/16/08
EFCA
Viewpoints
07/16/08
Uprisings: Bottom Up and Top Down
Viewpoints
07/16/08
Muddy Brooks
Viewpoints
07/15/08
Responding to Brad and Alan
Viewpoints
07/15/08
The Crunchian Take on Globalization
Viewpoints
07/15/08
It’s Hot Outside but Cold in the Job Market
Viewpoints
07/15/08
Workin’ My Last Good Nerve
Viewpoints
07/11/08
What Fannie and Freddie Are Telling Us
Viewpoints
07/03/08
Jobs Picture, July 3, 2008
Economic Indicators
07/02/08
Official poverty measure undercounts the nation’s poor
Economic Snapshots
06/06/08
Jobs Picture, June 6, 2008
Economic Indicators
05/27/08
What Would Buddha Do?
Viewpoints
05/20/08
Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?
Book
05/19/08
It’s our turn now
Viewpoints
05/15/08
The Most Important Piece of Paper in America
Viewpoints
05/14/08
Wages fall behind inflation for seventh month
Economic Indicators
05/08/08
Book talk with Arianna Huffington and Jared Bernstein
Viewpoints
05/08/08
Jared Bernstein on ‘Crunch’
Viewpoints
05/02/08
Jobs Picture, May 2, 2008
Economic Indicators
05/01/08
More Reasons to Worry about McCain-onomics
Viewpoints
05/01/08
What Is McCain’s Economic Agenda?
Viewpoints
04/15/08
A Decade of Decline: The Erosion of Employer-Provided Health Care in the United States and Californi
Briefing Paper
04/08/08
Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends (2008)
Study
04/03/08
Jobs Picture, April 4, 2008
Economic Indicators
04/03/08
Reading the vital signs in the jobs report
Issue Brief
03/11/08
Escape from Recession: What you should know about the economic stimulus package
Viewpoints
03/07/08
Jobs Picture, March 7, 2008
Economic Indicators
03/03/08
Work, work supports, and safety nets: Reducing the burden of low-incomes in America
Briefing Paper
02/20/08
Real wage reversal persists
Economic Snapshots
02/13/08
Testimony to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Viewpoints
02/01/08
Jobs Picture, February 1, 2008
Economic Indicators
01/23/08
Missing the target: The Bush tax rebate fails on effectiveness and fairness criteria
Economic Snapshots
01/16/08
Real wages decline in 2007
Issue Brief
01/04/08
Jobs Picture, January 4, 2008
Economic Indicators
01/02/08
The Recession Analysis I Haven’t Seen, Or Why We May be About to Make Economic History
Viewpoints
12/13/07
Updated CBO data reveal unprecedented increase in inequality
Issue Brief
12/07/07
Jobs Picture, December 7, 2007
Economic Indicators
11/28/07
When steady wage growth meets faster inflation
Economic Snapshots
11/14/07
The Characteristics of Offshorable Jobs
Viewpoints
11/02/07
Jobs Picture, November 2, 2007
Economic Indicators
10/05/07
Jobs Picture, October 5, 2007
Economic Indicators
10/05/07
Bush bragging on historically weak job growth
Issue Brief
09/12/07
SCHIP is not eroding private health coverage
Economic Snapshots
09/07/07
Jobs Picture, September 7, 2007
Economic Indicators
09/06/07
Even measured by family size, median incomes still fell
Viewpoints
09/04/07
Living on the crumbs: While fat cats feast on income gains, working stiffs settle for less of the pie
Viewpoints
08/30/07
Economy’s Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers’ Paychecks
Briefing Paper
08/28/07
Income Picture, August 28, 2007
Economic Indicators
08/22/07
Tax cuts, investment, and employment: The evidence contradicts supply-siders
Economic Snapshots
08/03/07
Jobs Picture, August 3, 2007
Economic Indicators
07/06/07
Jobs Picture, July 6, 2007
Economic Indicators
07/02/07
Breaking The Immigration Deadlock
Viewpoints
06/06/07
A Tale of Two Time Periods for Low-Income Families
Economic Snapshots
06/01/07
Jobs Picture, June 1, 2007
Economic Indicators
06/01/07
Straw men and low bars
Viewpoints
05/31/07
Time to Trim the Hedge
Viewpoints
05/23/07
Gas prices: Too high or too low?
Viewpoints
05/21/07
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Change (Theory)?
Viewpoints
05/11/07
The signs are pointing toward recession
Viewpoints
05/07/07
The Post Gets It Wrong: Edwards’ Poverty Policy is Just What’s Needed
Viewpoints
05/04/07
Jobs Picture, May 4, 2007
Economic Indicators
04/11/07
More poverty than meets the eye
Economic Snapshots
04/06/07
Jobs Picture: April 6, 2007
Economic Indicators
03/15/07
Tax Credits or Minimum Wages? We Need Both
Viewpoints
03/09/07
Jobs Picture, March 9, 2007
Economic Snapshots
03/07/07
Inflation and unit labor costs: A phantom menace?
Economic Snapshots
02/26/07
Economic Opportunity and Poverty in America
Viewpoints
02/08/07
Education and the inequality debate
Issue Brief
02/02/07
Jobs Picture, February 2, 2007
Economic Indicators
01/29/07
Bush’s Whitewashed Economic Report
Viewpoints
01/17/07
New data reveal unprecedented income inequality
Economic Snapshots
01/10/07
Tax Incentives for Businesses in Response to a Minimum Wage Increase
Viewpoints
01/05/07
Jobs Picture, January 5, 2007
Economic Indicators
12/12/06
Jobs recovery at five reveals uniquely weak expansion
Economic Snapshots
12/08/06
Jobs Picture, December 8, 2006
Economic Indicators
12/07/06
Raising the Minimum Wage to $7.25 is an Important First Step
Policy Memo
11/29/06
The Fed needs to move to stay put
Economic Snapshots
11/28/06
A tough recovery by any measure: New data show consumer expenditures lag for low- and middle-income families
Issue Brief
11/20/06
No government, no Web: Consumers benefit from subsidies for technological, medical research
Viewpoints
11/08/06
A tough recovery by any measure
Economic Snapshots
11/08/06
Don’t blame black culture
Viewpoints
11/03/06
Jobs Picture, November 3, 2006
Economic Indicators
10/31/06
Employment cost data show small real gains over recovery
Economic Snapshots
10/06/06
Jobs Picture, October 6, 2006
Economic Indicators
09/19/06
Manufacturing on the Ropes
Economic Snapshots
09/13/06
Better GDP growth needed to add more jobs
Economic Snapshots
09/07/06
Increasing Missouri’s minimum wage: An analysis
Issue Brief
08/30/06
Nine Years of Neglect: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Ninth Straight Year, Falls to Lowest Level in More than Half a Century
Issue Brief
08/29/06
The wide impact of the housing slump on the economy
Economic Snapshots
08/29/06
Income Picture, August 29, 2006
Economic Indicators
08/28/06
The State of Working America 2006-07
Book
08/22/06
The Catch-Up Economy
Viewpoints
08/08/06
Work, poverty, and single-mother families
Economic Snapshots
08/04/06
Jobs Picture, August 4, 2006
Economic Indicators
07/20/06
The Real Cut-And-Runners
Viewpoints
07/10/06
Wal-Mart could pay workers more without big price hikes
Viewpoints
07/07/06
Jobs Picture, July 7, 2006
Economic Indicators
07/05/06
Weaker job market re-opens racial income gap
Economic Snapshots
06/29/06
Path to citizenship and out of poverty
Viewpoints
06/20/06
Buying Power of Minimum Wage at 51-year low: Congress Could Break Record for Longest Period Without
Issue Brief
06/14/06
The Wal-Mart debate: A false choice between prices and wages
Issue Brief
06/14/06
Wrestling with Wal-Mart: Tradeoffs between profits, prices, and wages
Working Paper
06/07/06
The shift in risk
Viewpoints
06/02/06
Jobs Picture, June 2, 2006
Economic Indicators
05/11/06
Critiquing misleading White House statements about the economy, pt. 4: The unemployment rate
Economic Snapshots
05/08/06
You know how to add, don’t you? A dark night, a mysterious dame and a gumshoe looking for clues in the case of the vanishing wages
Viewpoints
05/04/06
All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy (book)
Book
05/03/06
Critiquing Misleading White House Statements About the Economy, Part 1: Income Growth and Median Earnings
Economic Snapshots
04/28/06
GDP Picture, April 28, 2006
Economic Indicators
04/28/06
Montgomery County Stands to Benefit From a Living Wage
Viewpoints
04/25/06
Immigrants no danger to jobs in U.S.
Viewpoints
04/07/06
Jobs Picture: April 7, 2006
Economic Indicators
04/03/06
A Plan to End Child Poverty: Britain’s Initiative Has Helped 700,000 Kids. Why Don’t We Have a Goal, Too?
Viewpoints
03/29/06
Poor measurement: New Census report on measuring poverty raises concerns
Issue Brief
03/14/06
Minority wealth gap: Net worth gap twice that of income
Economic Snapshots
03/10/06
Jobs Picture: March 10, 2006
Economic Indicators
03/02/06
What’s wedged between productivity, living standards?
Viewpoints
02/03/06
Jobs Picture: February 3, 2006
Economic Indicators
01/31/06
Wages picture: January 31, 2006
Economic Indicators
01/31/06
Note to Fed: Don’t Base the Rate Hike on Capacity Utilization
Issue Brief
01/26/06
The wage squeeze and higher health care costs
Issue Brief
01/24/06
Economic Snapshot
Economic Snapshots
01/24/06
Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends (2006)
Study
01/11/06
Wage growth slows for most workers between 2000 and 2005
Economic Snapshots
01/05/06
Jobs Picture: January 6, 2006
Economic Indicators
12/15/05
Wages Picture: December 15, 2005
Economic Indicators
12/12/05
The Fed’s Rate Hikes: Hunting Inflation, Killing Wages
Economic Snapshots
12/02/05
Jobs Picture: December 2, 2005
Economic Indicators
11/17/05
Katrina evacuees face extreme levels of joblessness
Economic Snapshots
11/04/05
Jobs Picture: November 4, 2005
Economic Indicators
10/28/05
Wages Picture: October 28, 2005
Economic Indicators
10/07/05
Jobs Picture: October 7, 2005
Economic Indicators
09/29/05
Principles for Gulf Coast Reconstruction
Policy Memo
09/02/05
Jobs Picture: September 2, 2005
Economic Indicators
09/02/05
An off-kilter expansion: Slack job market continues to hurt wage growth
Briefing Paper
09/01/05
Unhappy Anniversary: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Eighth Straight Year, Falls to 56-Year Low Relative to the Average Wage
Issue Brief
08/17/05
Inflation trumps wage gains again in July
Economic Snapshots
08/05/05
Jobs Picture: August 5, 2005
Economic Indicators
08/02/05
Jobs Picture: April 7, 2000
Economic Indicators
08/02/05
Full employment: Don’t give it up without a fight
Working Paper
07/27/05
Single mothers continue to face tough job market
Economic Snapshots
07/08/05
Jobs Picture: July 8, 2005
Economic Indicators
06/03/05
Jobs Picture: June 3, 2005
Economic Indicators
05/27/05
The 21st Century Workplace | EPI Viewpoints
Viewpoints
05/09/05
Lessons from the Social Security debate - EPI Viewpoints
Viewpoints
05/06/05
Jobs Picture: May 6, 2005
Economic Indicators
04/20/05
Price growth outpaces wages for the 11th consecutive month
Economic Snapshots
04/20/05
Productivity growth and profits far outpace compensation in current expansion
Economic Snapshots
04/05/05
African Americans in the current recovery
Economic Snapshots
04/04/05
Jobs Picture: March 4, 2005
Economic Indicators
04/04/05
Jobs Picture: April 1, 2005
Economic Indicators
02/16/05
The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long
Issue Brief
02/04/05
Jobs Picture—February 4, 2005
Economic Indicators
02/03/05
Holes in welfare reform
Viewpoints
01/19/05
2004: Jobless recovery begets wageless recovery
Economic Snapshots
01/13/05
The State of Working America: Co-author Jared Bernstein featured on NPR’s Fresh Air
Viewpoints
01/07/05
Jobs Picture—January 7, 2005
Economic Indicators
01/05/05
Slowdown in male earnings leads to smaller gender wage gap
Economic Snapshots
12/17/04
No Wage Progress Despite Three Years of Recovery
Economic Snapshots
12/03/04
Jobs Picture—December 3, 2004
Economic Indicators
11/05/04
Jobs Picture—November 5, 2004
Economic Indicators
10/29/04
Wage growth continues to slow; falls behind inflation
Economic Snapshots
10/08/04
Jobs Picture—October 8, 2004
Economic Indicators
10/06/04
‘Safety net’ fails single mothers during downturns
Economic Snapshots
09/08/04
Productivity growth hasn’t resulted in increased family income in recent years
Economic Snapshots
09/03/04
Jobs Picture—September 3, 2004
Economic Indicators
09/02/04
The State of Working America 2004-05
Book
08/26/04
Income Picture: September 26, 2003
Economic Indicators
08/06/04
Jobs Picture—August 6, 2004
Economic Indicators
08/04/04
Wages and salaries at unprecedented low growth rate
Economic Snapshots
07/27/04
Assessing Job Quality: How Factcheck.org got it wrong
Issue Brief
07/16/04
Inflation-adjusted wages fall again in June: Down six of the last seven months
Economic Snapshots
07/07/04
The rise in family work hours leads many Americans to struggle to balance work and family
Economic Snapshots
07/02/04
Jobs Picture—July 2, 2004
Economic Indicators
06/28/04
Jobs up, wages down: Employment is growing again, but real wages fall to a two-year low
Economic Snapshots
06/17/04
The Wall Street Journal is wrong on job quality
Viewpoints
06/04/04
Jobs Picture—June 4, 2004
Economic Indicators
05/19/04
Single moms lose ground in weak labor market
Economic Snapshots
05/07/04
Jobs Picture—May 7, 2004
Economic Indicators
05/07/04
Jobs Picture—April 2, 2004
Economic Indicators
04/30/04
Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Small Business
Viewpoints
04/02/04
Jobs Picture—March 5, 2004
Economic Indicators
04/02/04
The limits of more education
Viewpoints
03/18/04
The Changing Nature of the Economy: The Critical Roles of Education and Innovation in Creating Jobs and Opportunity in a Knowledge Economy
Viewpoints
02/12/04
Missing the moving target
Issue Brief
02/09/04
Tax cuts for the wealthy haven’t created confidence for U.S. households or employers
Viewpoints
02/06/04
Jobs Picture—January 9, 2004
Economic Indicators
02/05/04
Weak Recovery Claims New Victim: Workers’ Wages
Issue Brief
02/04/04
Economic growth not reaching middle- and lower wage earners
Economic Snapshots
01/21/04
The Real State of the Union
Viewpoints
01/20/04
On the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Overtime Pay
Viewpoints
01/09/04
Jobs Picture: December 5, 2003
Economic Indicators
01/07/04
Growing economy, stagnant wages
Economic Snapshots
12/24/03
Job growth up, job quality down
Economic Snapshots
12/09/03
A loss of overtime pay for some
Viewpoints
11/26/03
Unemployment level of college grads surpasses that of high-school dropouts
Economic Snapshots
11/21/03
‘Yes, but…’ economy
Viewpoints
10/29/03
The gap between minimum and median wage earners continues to grow
Economic Snapshots
09/30/03
Who’s Poor? Don’t Ask the Census Bureau
Viewpoints
09/26/03
Income Picture: September 24, 2002
Economic Indicators
09/03/03
Weak demand constrains job growth
Economic Snapshots
09/02/03
Looking for a reason to celebrate
Viewpoints
08/26/03
Labor market left behind
Briefing Paper
08/13/03
Worst recovery on record in terms of job growth
Economic Snapshots
06/25/03
Eliminating the right to overtime pay: Department of Labor proposal means lower pay, longer hours fo
Briefing Paper
06/06/03
Grading the Bush ‘Jobs and Growth Plan’
Viewpoints
06/04/03
The long goodbye—workers staying unemployed longer
Economic Snapshots
06/04/03
Greenspan’s optimism misplaced
Viewpoints
05/13/03
Jobless recovery catches up with wages, stifles growth
Issue Brief
05/12/03
The job market for young college graduates
Economic Snapshots
05/07/03
Jobless recovery catches up to wages
Economic Snapshots
04/30/03
Underemployment hits 10% as gap with unemployment expands
Economic Snapshots
04/21/03
There’s no hiding from the new economy…part 2
Economic Snapshots
04/21/03
There’s no hiding from the new economy
Economic Snapshots
04/17/03
Falling through the safety net | EPI Issue Brief #191
Issue Brief
04/07/03
The benefits of full employment
Book
03/25/03
The Jobless Recovery | EPI Issue Brief #186
Issue Brief
03/07/03
Even optimistic view sees high unemployment next year
Economic Snapshots
03/07/03
Our pro-cyclical safety net fails to catch vulnerable families in recession
Economic Snapshots
10/30/02
Job loss over the recession has been more severe than was previously thought
Economic Snapshots
09/05/02
Employment insecurity
Economic Snapshots
09/01/02
The State of Working America 2002-03 | EPI
Book
09/01/02
Immigration and poverty | EPI
Briefing Paper
05/15/02
Minimum wage losing ground
Economic Snapshots
05/01/02
Time to repair the wage floor: Raising the minimum wage to $6.65 will prevent further erosion of its
Issue Brief
04/03/02
Education offers less protection from recessions
Economic Snapshots
04/01/02
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (Briefing Paper, April 2002)
Briefing Paper
03/04/02
The Living Wage Movement—Viewpoints | EPI
Viewpoints
03/04/02
Inflation: The Phantom Menace
Viewpoints
03/04/02
Pay Workers a Living Wage
Viewpoints
03/04/02
Compromises for the President
Viewpoints
02/27/02
Unemployment drop masks labor market woes
Economic Snapshots
01/01/02
It ain’t over till it’s really over (EPI Briefing Paper)
Briefing Paper
11/14/01
What happens to family income in a recession?
Economic Snapshots
10/17/01
Will welfare reform weather the storm?
Economic Snapshots
08/30/01
Recent productivity growth no cause for relief
Economic Snapshots
07/05/01
Decline in labor force may mask higher unemployment rate
Economic Snapshots
07/01/01
Hardships in America
Book
06/14/01
Slow growth leads to higher unemployment
Economic Snapshots
05/02/01
Real earnings losing ground despite productivity growth
Economic Snapshots
02/01/01
Step up, not out: The case for raising the federal minimum wage for workers in every state
Issue Brief
01/16/01
Staying poor in America
Economic Snapshots
12/13/00
Computers and race—The haves and the have nots
Economic Snapshots
12/13/00
Corporate profits growing far faster than worker compensation
Economic Snapshots
11/29/00
One-third of women workers earn poverty wages
Economic Snapshots
11/08/00
Households deeper in debt
Economic Snapshots
10/25/00
Declining employer contributions to benefits
Economic Snapshots
10/18/00
Wage, benefit, and compensation growth
Economic Snapshots
10/11/00
Uncharacteristic growth in late 1990s
Economic Snapshots
09/01/00
STATE OF WORKING AMERICA 2000-01 (EPI book)
Book
09/01/00
Any way you cut it—Income inequality on the rise regardless of how it’s measured—EPI Briefi
Briefing Paper
07/01/00
Crime and work: What we can learn from the low-wage labor market
Book
06/01/00
The impact of the minimum wage
Briefing Paper
05/01/00
How Much Is Enough? Basic Family Budgets for Working Families
Book
04/01/00
A comparison of the proposed minimum wage and tax bills
Issue Brief
01/01/00
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (EPI study, 2000)
Study
09/30/99
Strong income growth, falling poverty rates in ‘98, yet inequality unchanged
09/01/99
The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman’s Issue
Issue Brief
09/01/99
TAX CUT NO CURE FOR MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMIC WOES
Briefing Paper
06/01/99
The Fed’s Phantom Menace: False fears about wage growth threaten to slow expansion
Issue Brief
04/01/99
The Next Step: The new minimum wage proposals and the old opposition
Issue Brief
02/01/99
Wages Gain Ground: Workforce Benefits in 1998 From Tighter Labor Markets, Higher Minimum Wage
Issue Brief
01/01/99
The State of Working America 1998-99
Book
12/01/98
Wage Inequality in the 1990s
Working Paper
07/01/98
Finally, Real Wage Gains: Lower Unemployment, Higher Minimum Wage Spur Recent Wage Growth
Issue Brief
05/01/98
Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase
Study
02/01/98
Another Modest Minimum Wage Increase
Issue Brief
09/01/97
America’s Well-Targeted Raise: Data Show Benefits of Minimum Wage Increase Going to Workers Who Need It Most
Issue Brief
06/01/97
The Sky Hasn’t Fallen
Briefing Paper
03/01/97
The challenge of moving from welfare to work: Depressed labor market awaits those leaving the rolls
Issue Brief
03/01/97
Low-Wage Labor Market Indicators by City and State
Working Paper
01/01/97
The State of Working America 1996-97
Book
04/01/96
Anxiety Over Wages Still Justified
Issue Brief
06/01/95
Where’s the Payoff? The Gap Between Black Academic Progress and Economic Gains
Study
06/01/95
Who Wins With a Higher Minimum Wage
Briefing Paper
01/01/95
The Bottom Line on the Balanced Budget Amendment
Briefing Paper
09/01/94
The State of Working America 1994-95
Book
10/01/93
Good Jobs at Good Wages
Working Paper
09/01/93
The Joyless Recovery: Deteriorating Wages and Job Quality in the 1990s
Briefing Paper
06/01/93
The Impact of Health Care Financing on Family Budgets
Briefing Paper
09/01/92
The State of Working America 1992-93
Book
01/01/92
Declining Wages for High School and College Graduates
Briefing Paper
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