Job creation
Never before in EPI’s history has our work on jobs and unemployment been more critical, or more widely recognized, than it was over the past two years: a period marked by persistently high unemployment, reduced hours and lost wages. The unemployment rate has been at or above 9% for close to two years and more than 16% of the country’s workers are either unemployed or underemployed.
All work on this topic
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Sequester cuts to Emergency Unemployment Insurance Compensation will likely cost around 30,000 jobs
May 7, 2013 | | Blog
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Kerry drinks the trade Kool-Aid, but trade agreements do NOT create jobs
March 29, 2013 | | Blog
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Senate Democratic budget overly focused on deficit reduction
March 26, 2013 | | Blog
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Obama and Abe should address currency manipulation and Japanese trade barriers
February 21, 2013 | | Blog
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American job seekers think increasing the minimum wage would be good for them, and the country
February 20, 2013 | | Blog
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From free-fall to stagnation: Five years after the start of the Great Recession, extraordinary policy measures are still needed, but are not forthcoming
February 14, 2013 | | Report
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The president can end currency manipulation with the stroke of a pen, halving the U.S. trade deficit and creating millions of jobs
February 11, 2013 | | Blog
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The Progressive Caucus’s sensible approach to sequestration: Prioritizing jobs and growth
February 5, 2013 | | Blog
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Is job creation on Obama’s second-term agenda?
November 9, 2012 | | Blog
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The five serious flaws of Bowles-Simpson
July 18, 2012 | | Blog
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What happens if you tighten your belt …
May 21, 2012 | | Blog
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The worst recession in 70 years, not the worst recovery
April 9, 2012 | | Blog
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Harkin bill would revive the American Dream
March 29, 2012 | | Blog
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Congressional Progressive Caucus budget would boost employment by millions—unlike the Ryan budget
March 28, 2012 | | Blog
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Ryan’s budget cuts would cost jobs
March 21, 2012 | | Blog
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A jobs bill in substance or acronym only?
March 8, 2012 | | Blog
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The president’s jobs package would indeed create jobs
February 16, 2012 | | Blog
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President’s jobs package would create well over one million jobs in 2012
February 16, 2012 | | Economic snapshot
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The Gingrich nonsense
January 18, 2012 | | Blog
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Asking the wrong question about presidents and jobs
January 12, 2012 | | Blog
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Cleaner, safer air (and some jobs) coming soon: Final “air-toxics rule” still likely to be life-saver, not job-killer
December 19, 2011 | | Blog
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Congressional Progressive Caucus picks up where Obama’s speech left off
December 13, 2011 | | Blog
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The Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act: An analysis of job-creation provisions
December 13, 2011 | | Report
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What David Brooks gets right – regulations aren’t tanking the economy – and what he misses
December 6, 2011 | | Blog
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Paying for a jobs bill by cutting federal jobs?
December 2, 2011 | | Commentary
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State jobs data calls for ‘super shift’ to job creation
November 22, 2011 | | Economic Indicators
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America’s infrastructure — ticking time bombs in every state
November 21, 2011 | | Blog
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Testimony before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Ad Hoc Hearing on Job Creation
November 17, 2011 | | Testimony
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Method memo on estimating the jobs impact of various policy changes
November 8, 2011 | | Report
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The link between joblessness and social unrest
November 7, 2011 | | Blog
