“Quits are happening in the most unlikely categories based on who has been winners in this economy in the past,” said Heidi Shierholz, the president of the Economic Policy Institute and a former chief economist at the Labor Department.
The New York Times
January 7, 2022
The bottom line: “It’s not understood in the broader public discussion, people aren’t quitting their jobs to leave the labor force they are quitting their jobs to take other jobs,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the progressive Economic Policy Institute.
Axios
January 7, 2022
Even as 4.5 million people quit, businesses hired 6.7 million workers, tweeted Heidi Shierholz, the former chief economist at the Labor Department and now president of Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
CBS
January 7, 2022
That’s often how economic recoveries go, per David Cooper at the Economic Policy Institute.
“It’s this bounce-back effect, that the places that were hit the hardest are going to be the ones that we’re going to be seeing the strongest growth, because they fell the most, so they have the most to gain,” he said.
Marketplace
January 7, 2022
States and localities are still sitting on $90 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act that was passed last year, according to Dave Kamper, senior state policy coordinator at the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
January 7, 2022
Once the parties reached an agreement over who should be included in the union and thus covered by the contract — and a neutral, third party (a fellow with the prominent think tank, Economic Policy Institute) verified the cards — Graham and Muscatine recognized the union.
DCist
January 7, 2022
But Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economics Policy Institute, chooses to accentuate the positive. “Hires are on an upswing as quits continue to rise,” tweets Gould. “Workers appear confident to quit their jobs in search of better ones.”
Reuters
January 7, 2022
Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick & Taylor Riggs bring the news and analysis you may have missed after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today’s show tackles what to expect from jobs day Guests Today: Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute, Adam Ozimek of Upwork
Bloomberg TV
January 7, 2022
“This has been a strange enough and big enough shock that they have to be more flexible,” said Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute. While Bivens said the Fed’s unwillingness to run a “hot” economy during the sluggish recovery from the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession was “infuriating,” he agreed this time is different.
Reuters
January 7, 2022
For Corporate America, CEOs were paid 351 times as much as a typical worker in 2020, a report by the Economic Policy Institute showed.
Reuters
January 7, 2022
“The hope is that we shore it up in the long run so if something like this happens again, we won’t be in the same situation,” Elise Gould, an economist at the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said. “The pandemic only worsened the outcomes of what’s already in existence.”
Politico
January 7, 2022
“Accommodations and foods services continues to be a key sector to watch. While job openings decreased in November, hires held steady as quits continued to rise. Hiring remains higher than quits, suggesting that some who quit may be finding better opportunities within the sector,” wrote Elise Gould, a senior economist with the progressive Economic Policy Institute.
Fortune
January 7, 2022
Features Margaret discussing report, Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for communities and for democracy.
Union City Radio
January 7, 2022
Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick & Taylor Riggs bring the news and analysis you may have missed after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today’s show tackles what to expect from jobs day Guests Today: Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute, Adam Ozimek of Upwork
Bloomberg TV
January 7, 2022
In total, 25 states will see boosts to their minimum hourly pay requirement in 2022, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Four states—Oregon, Florida, Nevada, and Connecticut—will phase in their increases later in the year.
Bloomberg Law
January 6, 2022
According to an analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute in October, the slate of policy proposals in the Build Back Better Act combined with the bipartisan infrastructure package would have supported four million jobs annually.
Common Dreams
December 23, 2021
Recent research from the Economic Policy Institute shows farm workers are among the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. workforce, earning $14.62 per hour on average in 2020, which is just 60% — or three-fifths — of what production and non-supervisory, non-farm workers earned at $24.67.
Daily News
December 23, 2021
Most economists expect both inflation and wage inflation specifically to continue rising in 2022, Challenger said. But inflation, even if it remains elevated, is expected to moderate eventually. “It doesn’t mean it’s going to be two months, it could be a year. But it is not going to be, you know, 4 or 5% a year for the next five years,” Lawrence Mishel, a distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, recently told CNBC.
CNBC
December 23, 2021
Pennsylvania’s current wage of $7.25, which is tied to the federal minimum wage, hasn’t been raised for more than a decade, despite repeated calls by Wolf and his Democratic allies in the General Assembly. In the meantime, all six of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have higher minimum wages, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
December 23, 2021
Pay in the median employee category also fell 2% in 2020, compared to the year before. The Economic Policy Institute found, however, that overall CEO pay nationally increased by an average of $3.8 million.
Ohio Capital Journal
December 23, 2021
As of August, there were 16 states where tipped workers earn the federally mandated $2.13 minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). For other workers, the federal minimum wage is $7.25.
Common Dreams
December 23, 2021
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Schwartz Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. She’s the co-author of “Rescuing Retirement” and a member of the board of directors of the Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg
December 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified teachers voicing their concerns about being undervalued and overworked. While teachers aren’t the only ones leaving at a higher rate during the pandemic, they experience some of the most severe and unique problems. To start, they are already paid less than other college graduates: According to the Economic Policy Institute, the teacher pay penalty — the percentage difference between teachers and other college-educated workers — is almost 19%.
South Bend Tribune
December 23, 2021
According to a study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, for every 10 people who said they successfully filed for unemployment benefits between March 22 and April 18, 2020, three to four additional people tried to apply but could not navigate through the system to file a claim. Further, two additional people for every 10 successful filers did not even try to apply because it was too difficult to do so. Even more recently, backlogs in application processes for affordable housing programs have made headlines, with millions of dollars available to help individuals in need, but distribution of those funds lagging.
GCN
December 23, 2021
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 health crisis, childcare in Seattle and statewide was expensive and hard to come by. The Economic Policy Institute ranked Washington the ninth least affordable state for child care in 2019. Right now, childcare costs Washington families almost $8,000 more per year than in-state tuition at our public colleges. And that’s if you can even find childcare. At the presser, Mosqueda described Seattle as a “childcare desert.”
The Stranger
December 23, 2021
Internal documents on worker wages at outsourcer HCL Technologies, a leading provider of IT contract workers, are central to the allegations in the report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, based on documents obtained via a federal government whistleblower lawsuit against HCL in a federal court in Connecticut.
Seattle Times
December 23, 2021
HCL Technologies, based in India, wields the H-1B skilled-worker visa as a way to undercut competition and find the cheapest workers, according to the study by the Economic Policy Institute.
News Nation Now
December 23, 2021