“Inflation is definitely blocking some of the gains that would otherwise accrue to workers stemming from today’s pretty hot labor market, and that definitely includes any raise Target is giving,” says Josh Bivens, an economist at Economic Policy Institute.
Quartz
March 4, 2022
n the last few months, pay has risen fastest in certain sectors, says Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Areas like leisure, retail, and hospitality are “where lower-wage workers have been seeing some increases in opportunities and experienced wage growth.”
CNBC
March 4, 2022
Care for an infant can cost substantially more than for older children, figures from the Economic Policy Institute show. In California, for example, that gap is more than $5,000 a year, on average.
Bloomberg
March 4, 2022
Economic Policy Institute President Heidi Shierholz calls last year’s decline a “wakeup call to lawmakers.” Shierholz sees labor reform as essential to an equitable recovery from the pandemic.
Rochester Beacon
March 4, 2022
According to a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. auto sector could require an increase of over 150,000 jobs if electric vehicles rise to 50% of domestic auto sales in 2030.
Minnesota Reformer
March 4, 2022
Using data from the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), GOBankingRates identified the cost of child care in each state. It also identifies the 10 states where child care is least affordable and most affordable in the context of each state’s median salary.
GO Banking Rates
March 4, 2022
An Economic Policy Institute analysis found that child care workers are paid about $13.51 per hour, nearly half of what the average U.S. worker makes, at $27.31 per hour. Child care workers are among the lowest-paid professions and are underpaid and given fewer benefits like health insurance.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
March 4, 2022
Recent data from the Economic Policy Institute show that those with incomes under $25,000 were 3.5 times as likely to report missing an entire week of work because of COVID-19 compared with those earning $100,000 or more. Too often, workers are forced to make an impossible choice between caring for themselves and their families and earning a paycheck that they need to stay afloat.
Colorado Politics
March 4, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library and the Economic Policy Institute’s Working Economics Blog (cites chart).
Truthout
March 4, 2022
Terri Gerstein is the director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program and a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute.
American Prospect
March 4, 2022