A nation of immigrants
August 31, 2010
A look at EPI's recently expanded immigration program. Read More
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Making immigration work for all workersEPI's recently expanded its immigration program. Staff experts outline how immigration research relates to EPI’s broader mission. |
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Test failureA new paper finds broad consensus that standardized tests – even with the addition of value-added modeling -- fail to accurately measure both student and teacher performance. |
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Every state still feeling effects of the Great RecessionLatest data show all but two states – Alaska and North Dakota – as well as the District of Columbia, have fewer jobs today than when the recession began two-and-a-half years ago. Nevada and Arizona have lost more than 10% of their jobs. |
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Social Security at 75EPI research shows Social Security is financially sound through 2036 and modest revenue increases could preserve full benefits thereafter. |
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Chamber of Commerce distorts findings and ignores important research
August 31, 2010
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce mischaracterizes EPI research when it concludes that H-1B Visa holders are not hurting the earnings of American workers. Read More
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- August 31, 2010
Recession hits workers’ paychecks - August 27, 2010
Problems with the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers - August 24, 2010
Ten reasons not to raise the retirement age - August 13, 2010
Abuses in the L-visa program - August 12, 2010
Best Practices for the Design of Project Labor Agreements - August 11, 2010
For four out of five unemployed workers, there are no jobs - August 9, 2010
A Widely Cited Study Vastly Overstates the Benefits of Charter Schools
Commentary
A nation of immigrants
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- August 27, 2010
Test Failure - August 20, 2010
Weekly jobless claims reach highest level since last November - August 17, 2010
Let the tax cuts for the rich expire - August 13, 2010
Washington Post gets it wrong on Social Security - August 2, 2010
“Make it in America” bills will advance U.S. manufacturing - July 30, 2010
Slowing growth shows need for renewed policies to boost jobs and incomes - July 27, 2010
Use Revenue from Top to Fund Stimulus
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EPI In The News
- Strongest jobs recovery in decades. Seriously. CNN — Sep. 2, 2010
- Should test scores be used at all for teacher evaluation? Washington Post — Sep. 2, 2010
- Odds stacked against the unemployed Baltimore Sun — Aug. 31, 2010
- Fastest-growing jobs have low pay OC Register — Aug. 31, 2010
- Teachers blast L.A. Times for releasing effectiveness rating Los Angeles Times — Aug. 30, 2010
Jobs ... but low pay
The fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. pay close to minimum wage. Read More
From Bad to Worse
August 27, 9:25am
Today's revisions to estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) confirm that the deceleration of economic growth in the second quarter of 2010 was even more pronounced than originally thought. (On August 27,The Bureau of Economic Analysis lowered its estimate of economic growth in the second quarter to an annual rate of 1.6 percent, down from an initial estimate of 2.4 percent issued last month.)
In fact, without the stream of spending provided by the Recovery Act the economy would have contracted outright.
This is most troubling, as Recovery Act money is almost spent and will provide no boost to growth going forward. The case for more action from policymakers to support the recovery and return the job-market to health is now overwhelming. -Josh Bivens.
Quick Takes archive
- Chamber of Commerce distorts findings and ignores important research
- Recession hits workers’ paychecks
- News from EPI: Wage growth collapsed during the recession, EPI report finds
- News from EPI: Leading experts caution against reliance on test scores in teacher evaluations
- News from EPI: From Bad to Worse: Revised GDP numbers show even more pronounced slowing of economic
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