Recent work on Inequality and Poverty

• Two in five female-headed families with children live in poverty

  November 14, 2012 | By Elise Gould | Economic snapshot

• The rise of the top 1 percent—not the same everywhere

  October 24, 2012 | By Josh Bivens | Economic snapshot

• U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility

  October 10, 2012 | By Elise Gould | Economic snapshot

• Women much more likely to earn poverty-level wages

  September 19, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel | Economic snapshot

• U.S. poverty rates higher, safety net weaker than in peer countries

  July 24, 2012 | By Elise Gould and Hilary Wething | Report

• As unions decline, inequality rises

  June 6, 2012 | By Ross Eisenbrey and Colin Gordon | Economic snapshot

• CEO pay 231 times greater than the average worker

  May 3, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel | Economic snapshot

• CEO pay and the top 1%: How executive compensation and financial-sector pay have fueled income inequality

  May 2, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel and Natalie Sabadish | Report

• President Obama, help low-income families by creating jobs

  January 25, 2012 | By Elise Gould | Commentary

• 11 telling charts from 2011

  December 21, 2011 | By John Irons | Economic snapshot

• New poverty measure highlights positive effect of government assistance

  November 17, 2011 | By Elise Gould and David Cooper | Economic snapshot

• CEOs distance themselves from the average worker

  November 9, 2011 | By Josh Bivens | Economic snapshot

• Three-fifths of all income growth from 1979-2007 went to the top 1%

  October 27, 2011 | By Josh Bivens | Economic snapshot

• Occupy Wall Streeters are right about skewed economic rewards in the United States

  October 26, 2011 | By Josh Bivens and Lawrence Mishel | Report

• Weak economic recovery reflected in high state-level poverty and child poverty rates

  September 22, 2011 | By Doug Hall | Economic Indicators

• Huge disparity in share of total wealth gain since 1983

  September 15, 2011 | By Lawrence Mishel | Economic snapshot

• A lost decade: Poverty and income trends continue to paint a bleak picture for working families

  September 14, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz and Elise Gould | Multimedia

• Reducing poverty and increasing marriage rates among Latinos and African Americans

  September 8, 2011 | By Algernon Austin | Report

• Losing our way

  March 28, 2011 | Quick Takes

• Education is Not the Cure for High Unemployment or for Income Inequality

  January 12, 2011 | By Lawrence Mishel | Report

• Another look at poverty in the Great Recession

  January 5, 2011 | By Elise Gould and Kathryn Anne Edwards | Report

• Child poverty rises dramatically in most states

  September 27, 2010 | By Kai Filion | Commentary

• The poor are getting poorer

  September 22, 2010 | By Elise Gould | Economic snapshot

• A lost decade: Poverty and income trends paint a bleak picture for working families

  September 16, 2010 | By Heidi Shierholz and Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• EPI experts respond to new data on income, poverty and health insurance

  September 16, 2010 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• Two for the Price of One

  July 15, 2010 | By Lawrence Mishel and Heidi Shierholz | Report

• An Assessment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

  July 14, 2010 | By Josh Bivens | Other

• Running out of steam

  July 8, 2010 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic snapshot

• Job Creation at a Glacial Pace

  July 2, 2010 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Unemployed workers outnumbered job openings five-to-one in April

  June 8, 2010 | By Lawrence Mishel | Economic Indicators

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