Economic Snapshots Switch Display

If emergency unemployment compensation benefits expire, only around a quarter of unemployed workers will receive UI

September 6, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz

A lost decade of income growth for working-age families

August 30, 2012 | By Josh Bivens
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Rising health care costs are an economic, not a budget, problem

August 23, 2012 | By Rebecca Thiess
Health

Executive compensation tax deductions cost Treasury $30.4 billion over 2007-10

August 15, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Government regulation isn’t impeding the recovery

August 8, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel and Isaac Shapiro
Regulation

For-profit colleges use taxpayer dollars to recruit vulnerable students, rake in profits

August 2, 2012 | By Algernon Austin
Education

Workers 20 years of age and older benefit most from proposed hike to federal minimum wage

July 25, 2012 | By Doug Hall
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Young workers

Changes in income shares show how preferential tax rates increasingly benefit top filers

July 19, 2012 | By Rebecca Thiess
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Bush tax cut extension for top brackets would bestow windfall on wealthiest Americans

July 12, 2012 | By Rebecca Thiess
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Public insurance helps blunt effects of declining employer-sponsored coverage

July 5, 2012 | By Elise Gould
Health

What happens if the health insurance mandate is overturned?

June 27, 2012 | By Elise Gould
Health

Young families fall even farther behind in saving

June 20, 2012 | By Monique Morrissey

Households making between $250K and $1M a year are not ‘middle class’

June 13, 2012 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

As unions decline, inequality rises

June 6, 2012 | By Ross Eisenbrey and Colin Gordon
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Unions and Labor Standards

‘Missing workers’ mean the unemployment rate is understating weakness in the job market

May 30, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz

Lack of government data on internships leaves policymakers in the dark

May 23, 2012 | By Ross Eisenbrey
Unions and Labor Standards

Wages of young college graduates have failed to grow over the last decade

May 16, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz, Natalie Sabadish and Hilary Wething
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Young workers

Taxes have fallen furthest for those at the very top

May 10, 2012 | By Josh Bivens
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

CEO pay 231 times greater than the average worker

May 3, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

A tale of two economies

April 26, 2012 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment | Economic Growth

No shelter here: Young workers did not wait out the weak labor market in college

April 19, 2012 |
Jobs and Unemployment | Young workers

Buffett Rule needed to restore tax fairness

April 11, 2012 | By Andrew Fieldhouse
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Public-sector job losses: An unprecedented drag on the recovery

April 5, 2012 | By Josh Bivens
Jobs and Unemployment

Ryan’s proposal would cut domestic discretionary budget to record-low levels

March 29, 2012 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Health care reform increased employer-sponsored coverage for young adults – even in a poor labor market

March 21, 2012 | By Elise Gould
Health

Low level of voluntary quits should temper recent optimism about the labor market

March 14, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz and Arin Karimian
Jobs and Unemployment

Work hours near pre-recession rate: A positive sign for future job growth

March 8, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

16-to-24-year-olds continue to face tough labor market

February 28, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment | Young workers

For African Americans, 50 years of high unemployment

February 22, 2012 | By Algernon Austin
Race and Ethnicity