Publications

Richard Rothstein examines recent statements by the Secretary of Education in regards to the future of No Child Left Behind.

Time after time, the labor-rights provisions of trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA fail the workers they were designed to protect.  EPI's new Briefing Paper, Sustaining Workers' Bargaining Power in an Age of Globalization, released as part of its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, lays out a plan to remedy this problem.

There are now 6.3 job seekers per job opening, according to new government data.

Research shows that creating more "green jobs" would have a significant benefit on male African American workers whose unemployment rate is well above the overall nationwide rate. Algernon Austin, director of EPI's Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy, presented some of these findings Sept. 25 at the annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus.

On October 8, EPI President Lawrence Mishel testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Income Security and Family Support, warning that unemployment would continue to rise, at least through the middle of 2010. "We need to help families weather this storm and do what we can to generate jobs and a robust recovery," he said.

In the midst of a global recession, subsidies to Chinese glass are increasing. This new EPI report documents the explosive growth of China's glass and glass products industry and the government subsidies that have bolstered this growth from 2004 to 2008.

The latest proposal for taxing employer-provided health care benefits still ultimately shifts costs onto workers.

This forum marked the release of Redesigning Teacher Pay: A System for the Next Generation of Educators, the second volume in The Economic Policy Institute Series on Alternative Teacher Compensation Systems.

The second volume in EPI's Series on Alternative Teacher Compensation Systems, Redesigning Teacher Pay provides a simple framework for designing and evaluating performance pay plans for teachers. This new book offers four case studies of performance pay in action and proposes a simple, yet powerful plan for reforming compensation for the next generation of teachers.

A well-designed climate change policy can support the economic recovery and ensure that U.S. manufacturing comes back stronger and cleaner than before. Poorly designed policies, however, could slow or halt the recovery of significant segments of U.S. manufacturing and could even lead to increased global production of greenhouse gases. One of the keys to achieving these goals is to include a border adjustment mechanism to help stem carbon leakage.

Officially, the Great Recession may be coming to an end, but it will leave in its wake historically high unemployment and a host of other serious economic problems. How will policy-makers promote a robust, employment-led recovery that will lay the foundation for strong, long-term growth?  Meeting this challenge requires both the will to continue investing in families hard hit by the recession despite growing budget deficits and the skill in crafting the right mix of policies to ensure that this recovery -- unlike the last one -- will bring significant numbers of new jobs and rising living standards along with it.

A new survey finds voters are downbeat about prospects for a quick economic recovery, and want more government action to create jobs.

A new report looks at how recessions can lead to "scarring"--long-lasting damage to individuals and the economy more broadly--and how a temporary boost in federal spending can help stem the damage to the economy and future generations.

Today's Census Bureau report shows employment-based health coverage dropped for the eighth year in a row.

EPI analyzes the latest findings on income, poverty, and health insurance in its Income/Poverty Picture.

There are now six job seekers for each available job in the United States.

Video from this event is now available.

In September, EPI president Lawrence Mishel spoke at Tides' Momentum 2009 conference. Watch his presentation and view his slideshow here.

The August employment report shows that the labor market is continuing to deteriorate, but thanks to the Recovery Act, at a much slower rate than earlier in the year.