Jared Bernstein

Books and Studies

DateTitleType
09/01/08 The State of Working America 2008/2009 Book
05/20/08 Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? Book
04/08/08 Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends (2008) Study
08/28/06 The State of Working America 2006-07 Book
05/04/06 All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy (book) Book
01/24/06 Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends (2006) Study
09/02/04 The State of Working America 2004-05 Book
04/07/03 The benefits of full employment Book
09/02/02 The State of Working America 2002-03 Book
07/01/01 Hardships in America Book
09/01/00 The State of Working America 2000-01 Book
07/01/00 Crime and work: What we can learn from the low-wage labor market Book
05/01/00 How Much Is Enough? Basic Family Budgets for Working Families Book
12/31/99 Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2000) Study
01/01/99 The State of Working America 1998-99 Book
05/01/98 Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase Study
01/01/97 The State of Working America 1996-97 Book
06/01/95 Where’s the Payoff? The Gap Between Black Academic Progress and Economic Gains Study
09/01/94 The State of Working America 1994-95 Book
09/01/92 The State of Working America 1992-93 Book

Reports

DateTitleType
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
04/15/08 A Decade of Decline: The Erosion of Employer-Provided Health Care in the United States and Californi Briefing Paper
04/03/08 Reading the vital signs in the jobs report Issue Brief
03/03/08 Work, work supports, and safety nets: Reducing the burden of low-incomes in America Briefing Paper
01/16/08 Real wages decline in 2007 Issue Brief
12/13/07 Updated CBO data reveal unprecedented increase in inequality Issue Brief
10/05/07 Bush bragging on historically weak job growth Issue Brief
08/30/07 Economy’s Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers’ Paychecks Briefing Paper
02/08/07 Education and the inequality debate Issue Brief
12/07/06 Raising the Minimum Wage to $7.25 is an Important First Step Policy Memo
11/28/06 A tough recovery by any measure: New data show consumer expenditures lag for low- and middle-income families Issue Brief
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
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
03/29/06 Poor measurement: New Census report on measuring poverty raises concerns Issue Brief
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
09/29/05 Principles for Gulf Coast Reconstruction Policy Memo
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
08/02/05 Full employment: Don’t give it up without a fight Working Paper
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
07/27/04 Assessing Job Quality: How Factcheck.org got it wrong Issue Brief
02/12/04 Missing the moving target Issue Brief
02/05/04 Weak Recovery Claims New Victim: Workers’ Wages Issue Brief
08/26/03 Labor market left behind Briefing Paper
06/25/03 Eliminating the right to overtime pay: Department of Labor proposal means lower pay, longer hours fo Briefing Paper
05/13/03 Jobless recovery catches up with wages, stifles growth Issue Brief
04/17/03 Falling through the safety net | EPI Issue Brief #191 Issue Brief
03/25/03 The Jobless Recovery | EPI Issue Brief #186 Issue Brief
09/01/02 Immigration and poverty | EPI Briefing Paper
05/01/02 Time to repair the wage floor: Raising the minimum wage to $6.65 will prevent further erosion of its Issue Brief
04/01/02 Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (Briefing Paper, April 2002) Briefing Paper
01/01/02 It ain’t over till it’s really over (EPI Briefing Paper) Briefing Paper
02/01/01 Step up, not out: The case for raising the federal minimum wage for workers in every state Issue Brief
09/01/00 Any way you cut it—Income inequality on the rise   regardless of how it’s measured—EPI Briefi Briefing Paper
06/01/00 The impact of the minimum wage Briefing Paper
04/01/00 A comparison of the proposed minimum wage and tax bills Issue Brief
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
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
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
04/01/96 Anxiety Over Wages Still Justified Issue Brief
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
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
01/01/92 Declining Wages for High School and College Graduates Briefing Paper

Web-only Content

DateTitleType
12/05/08 Job losses accelerate at alarming rate in November Economic Indicators
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 Commentary
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
08/04/08 The Shampoo Economy Commentary
08/04/08 The Right Question Commentary
08/04/08 The Not-So-Great Energy Debate Commentary
08/01/08 Jobs Picture, August 1, 2008 Economic Indicators
07/29/08 The Antidote to Our Pessimism: Change Commentary
07/22/08 How Much More Can Consumers Be Squeezed by Stagnant Income, Skyrocketing Household Costs, and Falling Home Prices? Commentary
07/16/08 Definition for today Commentary
07/16/08 EFCA Commentary
07/16/08 Uprisings: Bottom Up and Top Down Commentary
07/16/08 Muddy Brooks Commentary
07/15/08 Responding to Brad and Alan Commentary
07/15/08 The Crunchian Take on Globalization Commentary
07/15/08 It’s Hot Outside but Cold in the Job Market Commentary
07/15/08 Workin’ My Last Good Nerve Commentary
07/11/08 What Fannie and Freddie Are Telling Us Commentary
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? Commentary
05/19/08 It’s our turn now Commentary
05/15/08 The Most Important Piece of Paper in America Commentary
05/08/08 Book talk with Arianna Huffington and Jared Bernstein Commentary
05/08/08 Jared Bernstein on ‘Crunch’ Commentary
05/02/08 Jobs Picture, May 2, 2008 Economic Indicators
05/01/08 More Reasons to Worry about McCain-onomics Commentary
05/01/08 What Is McCain’s Economic Agenda? Commentary
04/03/08 Jobs Picture, April 4, 2008 Economic Indicators
03/11/08 Escape from Recession: What you should know about the economic stimulus package Commentary
03/07/08 Jobs Picture, March 7, 2008 Economic Indicators
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 Commentary
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
01/04/08 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 Commentary
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 Commentary
11/02/07 Jobs Picture, November 2, 2007 Economic Indicators
10/05/07 Jobs Picture, October 5, 2007 Economic Indicators
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 Commentary
09/04/07 Living on the crumbs: While fat cats feast on income gains, working stiffs settle for less of the pie Commentary
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 Commentary
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 Commentary
05/31/07 Time to Trim the Hedge Commentary
05/23/07 Gas prices: Too high or too low? Commentary
05/21/07 Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Change (Theory)? Commentary
05/11/07 The signs are pointing toward recession Commentary
05/07/07 The Post Gets It Wrong: Edwards’ Poverty Policy is Just What’s Needed Commentary
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 Commentary
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 Commentary
02/02/07 Jobs Picture, February 2, 2007 Economic Indicators
01/29/07 Bush’s Whitewashed Economic Report Commentary
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 Commentary
01/05/07 Jobs Picture, January 5, 2007 Economic Indicators
01/03/07 Keep it Clean: There’s no good reason to lard the coming minimum wage bill with extraneous new tax cuts. Commentary
12/12/06 Jobs recovery at five reveals uniquely weak expansion Economic Snapshots
12/08/06 Jobs Picture, December 8, 2006 Economic Indicators
11/29/06 The Fed needs to move to stay put Economic Snapshots
11/20/06 No government, no Web: Consumers benefit from subsidies for technological, medical research Commentary
11/08/06 A tough recovery by any measure Economic Snapshots
11/08/06 Don’t blame black culture Commentary
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
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
08/22/06 The Catch-Up Economy Commentary
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 Commentary
07/10/06 Wal-Mart could pay workers more without big price hikes Commentary
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 Commentary
06/07/06 The shift in risk Commentary
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 Commentary
05/03/06 Critiquing Misleading White House Statements About the Economy, Part 1: Income Growth and Median Earnings Economic Snapshots
04/28/06 Montgomery County Stands to Benefit From a Living Wage Commentary
04/25/06 Immigrants no danger to jobs in U.S. Commentary
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? Commentary
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? Commentary
02/03/06 Jobs Picture: February 3, 2006 Economic Indicators
01/31/06 Wages picture: January 31, 2006 Economic Indicators
01/24/06 Economic Snapshot Economic Snapshots
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
09/02/05 Jobs Picture: September 2, 2005 Economic Indicators
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
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 Commentary
05/09/05 Lessons from the Social Security debate - EPI Viewpoints Commentary
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
02/04/05 Jobs Picture—February 4, 2005 Economic Indicators
02/03/05 Holes in welfare reform Commentary
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 Commentary
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
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
07/16/04 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 Commentary
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 Commentary
04/02/04 Jobs Picture—March 5, 2004 Economic Indicators
04/02/04 The limits of more education Commentary
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 Commentary
02/09/04 Tax cuts for the wealthy haven’t created confidence for U.S. households or employers Commentary
02/06/04 Jobs Picture—January 9, 2004 Economic Indicators
02/04/04 Economic growth not reaching middle- and lower wage earners Economic Snapshots
01/21/04 The Real State of the Union Commentary
01/20/04 On the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Overtime Pay Commentary
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 Commentary
11/26/03 Unemployment level of college grads surpasses that of high-school dropouts Economic Snapshots
11/21/03 ‘Yes, but…’ economy Commentary
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 Commentary
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 Commentary
08/13/03 Worst recovery on record in terms of job growth Economic Snapshots
06/06/03 Grading the Bush ‘Jobs and Growth Plan’ Commentary
06/04/03 The long goodbye—workers staying unemployed longer Economic Snapshots
06/04/03 Greenspan’s optimism misplaced Commentary
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
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
05/15/02 Minimum wage losing ground Economic Snapshots
04/03/02 Education offers less protection from recessions Economic Snapshots
03/04/02 The Living Wage Movement—Viewpoints | EPI Commentary
03/04/02 Inflation: The Phantom Menace Commentary
03/04/02 Pay Workers a Living Wage Commentary
03/04/02 Compromises for the President Commentary
02/27/02 Unemployment drop masks labor market woes Economic Snapshots
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
06/14/01 Slow growth leads to higher unemployment Economic Snapshots
05/02/01 Real earnings losing ground despite productivity growth Economic Snapshots
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
04/27/99 Minimum Wages and Poverty (Congressional testimony) Commentary
06/05/96 Out of date on the minimum wage Commentary