Since the summer of 2010, EPI has released several reports analyzing and comparing the compensation of public-sector workers to their private-sector peers. Evidence from these reports has shown that, on the whole, public-sector workers earn less than those in the private sector. In reverse chronological order, here is all of EPI’s work on this issue:
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50 years of recessionary-level unemployment in black America
June 19, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Testimony given Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
June 18, 2013 | | Testimony -
The Unfinished March: An Overview
June 18, 2013 | | Report -
Rising Income Inequality and the Role of Shifting Market-Income Distribution, Tax Burdens, and Tax Rates
June 14, 2013 | | Report -
Racial Segregation and Black Student Achievement
June 13, 2013 | | Report -
Why the Bipartisan Commitment to Public Investment Should Go Beyond Mere Rhetoric
June 13, 2013 | | Report -
Cutting federal funding hurts state and local budgets and economies
June 12, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
The Wrong Route to Equality – Men’s Declining Wages: The improvement in women’s wages relative to men’s is in part due to men’s declining wages
June 12, 2013 | | Commentary -
Unemployed Workers Still Far Outnumber Job Openings in Every Major Sector
June 11, 2013 | | Economic Indicators -
Today’s jobs report is crystal-clear evidence that we’re in a slog
June 7, 2013 | | Economic Indicators -
The slog continues: At this pace, we’ll have a jobs deficit of 4.6 million in May 2016
June 7, 2013 | | Quick Takes -
A majority of elderly women are precariously close to poverty
June 6, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Financial Security of Elderly Americans at Risk: Proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare could make a majority of seniors ‘economically vulnerable’
June 6, 2013 | | Report -
Europe’s Self-Defeating Austerity
June 5, 2013 | | Commentary -
Corporate tax rates and economic growth since 1947
June 4, 2013 | | Report -
Current and proposed high-skilled guestworker policies discourage STEM students and grads from entering IT
May 30, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
What do current federal funding levels in the wake of sequestration mean for state budgets?
May 29, 2013 | | Report -
Working Americans Need a Fully Functioning NLRB: Statement from EPI President Lawrence Mishel
May 23, 2013 | | Statement -
In recession’s wake, many young adults out of work and out of school
May 22, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Low-Wage Work on the Federal Dime: How Our Tax Dollars Drive Inequality
May 22, 2013 | | Testimony -
Ongoing joblessness
May 21, 2013 | | Report -
Ongoing disaster evident in too many states
May 17, 2013 | | Economic Indicators -
Ongoing Joblessness in Michigan: Unemployment rate for African Americans tops in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report -
Ongoing Joblessness in Texas: African American and Hispanic unemployment rates far exceed the white unemployment rate in the state
May 16, 2013 | | Report -
Ongoing Joblessness in Mississippi: Unemployment rate for African Americans ninth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report -
Ongoing Joblessness in New Mexico: Unemployment rate for Hispanics far exceeds the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report -
Ongoing Joblessness in North Carolina: Unemployment rate for African Americans fourth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report -
The Case for Raising the Minimum Wage: If we’re going to live in one unified America, we need an economy that works for all Americans
May 15, 2013 | | Commentary -
Apple cash may grow despite return program
May 15, 2013 | | Economic snapshot -
Broadening the tax base and raising top rates are complements, not substitutes: 1986-style tax reform is a flawed template
May 15, 2013 | | Report
