EPI in the news

• Is the gender wage gap shrinking at all?

  According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), women were paid 22 percent less than men in 2017 — and that’s even after controlling for race and ethnicity, education, age, and location.

  InStyle | May 16, 2019
• Are tax cuts helping average Americans?

  The decline in union density accounts for one-third of the rise in income inequality among men and one-fifth among women, Economic Policy Institute researchers found.

  Common Dreams | May 16, 2019
• Opinion: This simple trick could make it a lot harder for corporations to skip out on their tax bill

  The news that 60 of the world’s largest corporations had paid zero in federal income taxes last year (some even got rebates) sent America’s challenged outrage meter up another notch.

  MarketWatch | May 16, 2019
• Are tax cuts helping average Americans?

  “Wages are rising,” Harsanyi states, but according to the Economic Policy Institute: “From 2000 to 2018, wage growth was strongest for the highest wage workers, continuing the trend in rising wage inequality over the last four decades.”

  The Star Democrat | May 16, 2019
• Millions of seniors failed to save enough to stop working, and now younger Americans are making their same mistakes.

  The funny thing about the work-sponsored 401(k), is it was never intended to replace pension plans. But, over time it did, according to nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank the Economic Policy Institute [8]. That’s not the only difference now compared to when my grandparents’ generation ruled the workforce.

  Debt.com | May 16, 2019
• When it comes to labor relations, maybe we can’t handle the truth

  The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute calls the PRO Act “an important effort to bring U.S. labor law into the 21st century — giving working people more power at a time when it is desperately needed.”

  McKnight’s Senior Living | May 16, 2019
• Axios Markets

  Despite growing levels of educational attainment, there is still significant dispersion between the groups of people who do and do not have college degrees, new research from the Economic Policy Institute finds.

  • The survey of 21-to-24-year-olds includes many who are still of college age, but researchers note that the vast majority of people who do not finish college during this time do not wind up completing a 4-year college degree.
  Axios | May 16, 2019

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