But it’s not all about what industries Latinas work in. Latinas are also paid just 67 cents “relative,” the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) notes, “to non-Hispanic white men with the same level of education, age, and geographic location.” This is not just a pay disparity coming from differences in education or age, in other words, so don’t try to make that argument. In fact, “Latina doctors, many of whom are currently treating coronavirus patients, are paid 68% of the average hourly wage of non-Hispanic white male doctors (a difference of $20.46 per hour).”
Daily Kos
October 30, 2020
At the Economic Policy Institute, Josh Bivens points out that not only did the third quarter leave us far from a real recovery but also hints that the fourth quarter we are now a third of the way through will likely generate very slow growth … at best.
Daily Kos
October 30, 2020
Valerie Wilson, an economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute, said the policy response to Covid-19 must take into account the impact it will have on different racial groups.
“No policy is ever race-neutral, even if race is nowhere in that policy. There is going to be a differential impact just because of how our society is structured,” she said.
NBC News
October 30, 2020
The recommended retirement savings amount for someone in their 60s is approximately $522,000, based on the 2019 median income of 55-64-year-olds, and many financial experts recommend aiming even higher.1112 But the average American retirement savings for people in their late 50s and early 60s is only $243,559, according to a 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.13
The Balance
October 30, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, the Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist and director of policy, told Business Insider’s Madison Hoff that if congress extends unemployment insurance, more than 5 million jobs could be added.
Markets Insider
October 30, 2020
“Most states provide 26 weeks (six months) of regular [unemployment] benefits, and this crisis has gone on much longer than that,” Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post Thursday. “That means many workers are exhausting their regular state UI benefits.”
Common Dreams
October 30, 2020
In New Jersey, where she lives, the average cost for child care for a 4-year-old costs $10,855 annually, according to the Economic Policy Institute.13 And according to data from September, women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men.14 Families, and women, in particular, are bearing the brunt of taking care of children and running a household during the pandemic when many children haven’t returned to in-person teaching.
Very Well Health
October 30, 2020
“Blocking more stimulus is not just cruel, it’s terrible economics. For example, the spending made possible by the extra $600 in UI was supporting millions of jobs. Letting the $600 expire means cutting those jobs,” wrote Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the liberal Economic Policy Institute in a recent blog post.
MarketWatch
October 30, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Black children are more than twice as likely as White children to attend high-poverty schools and researchers estimate that primarily white school districts receive $23 billion more in annual funding than non-white school districts.
CNBC
October 30, 2020