David Cooper
Economic Analyst
Areas of Expertise
Poverty, State labor markets and economic development, Social mobility, Federal budget policy, Quantitative methods and techniques
Biography
David Cooper joined the Economic Policy Institute in July 2011. He conducts national and state-level research on a variety of issues, including labor markets, poverty, and economic development. He also provides support to the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) on data-related inquiries and quantitative analyses. David worked previously as an economic policy analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focused on federal budget policy. He has also worked in higher education development and in political consulting. His graduate research focused on international development policy and social mobility.
Education
M.P.P., Georgetown University
B.A., Georgetown University
Publications by David Cooper
Blog
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May 20, 2013 | Nostalgic for the Gatsby era? (Surprise! You’re living in it.)
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May 10, 2013 | The best thing for mom this Mother’s Day: a raise
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April 8, 2013 | Leaked ESPN memo asks employees to take one for the team
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March 5, 2013 | A $10.10 minimum wage would give economy (and more low-wage workers) a bigger boost
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Feb. 15, 2013 | Putting a $9 minimum wage in context
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Jan. 31, 2013 | How raising Maryland’s minimum wage will benefit workers and boost the state’s economy
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Jan. 7, 2013 | Strengthening the EITC and raising the minimum wage should go hand-in-hand
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Dec. 26, 2012 | Minimum wage indexing protects nearly a million low-wage workers this New Year
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Nov. 14, 2012 | New Census poverty data shows what is at stake in the fiscal debate
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Nov. 13, 2012 | One million veterans would benefit from raising the minimum wage to $9.80
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Oct. 4, 2012 | Checking Alabama’s ‘status’: HB 56 no cure for a sick labor market
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Sept. 27, 2012 | A ‘lost decade’ for nearly every state
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Sept. 20, 2012 | 2011 American Community Survey shows continuing hardship throughout the U.S.
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May 11, 2012 | Paging the congressional ophthalmologist
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April 13, 2012 | A rising tide for increasing minimum wage rates
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April 1, 2012 | One million workers stand to benefit from NY’s proposed minimum wage hike
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March 6, 2012 | Cuts to state and local governments are particularly hard on women
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Feb. 16, 2012 | Congress’ arbitrary ‘compromise’ on UI benefits
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Jan. 30, 2012 | Austerity’s effect on state job growth
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Dec. 23, 2011 | A minimum wage milestone
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Nov. 23, 2011 | As Thanksgiving nears, some “perspective” on poverty
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Nov. 14, 2011 | How many jobs could Congress save in my state through 2012?
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Nov. 9, 2011 | Census tries to better identify poverty and finds what? More of it
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Sept. 29, 2011 | Government losses a big part of state unemployment increases
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Sept. 22, 2011 | American Community Survey paints a bleak landscape
Report
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March 13, 2013 | Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would give working families, and the overall economy, a much-needed boost
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Nov. 15, 2012 | Pulling Apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends
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Aug. 14, 2012 | How raising the federal minimum wage would help working families and give the economy a boost
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June 21, 2012 | Assessing the economic benefits of increased investment in Los Angeles’s public transit infrastructure
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May 2, 2012 | The public-sector jobs crisis: Women and African Americans hit hardest by job losses in state and local governments
Economic snapshot
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March 14, 2013 | Even at $10.10, minimum wage would be lower than it could be, given economy’s growth
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Jan. 4, 2012 | Most minimum-wage workers are not teenagers
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Nov. 17, 2011 | New poverty measure highlights positive effect of government assistance
Economic Indicators
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Aug. 17, 2012 | Sluggish job growth reflected in state unemployment rates
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March 30, 2012 | State unemployment data show continuing positive trends
Commentary
May 15, 2013 | 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