The decline in the gender wage gap is the result of job losses, especially among women, said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C. She sees it as an anomaly and the result of the pandemic’s labor market impact.
Search HR Software
July 28, 2020
Con respecto a lo que ocurre con la crucial ayuda al desempleo, el Economic Policy Institute ha estimado que si se rebajara la ayuda extra de desempleo a $200 se reduciría la demanda de tal manera que se rebajaría el crecimiento de la economía y se se crearían 3.4 millones de empleos en el próximo año.
El Diario
July 28, 2020
Economic Policy Institute Research Director Josh Bivens joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss why cutting UI benefits by $400 per week will significantly harm U.S. families, jobs, and growth.
Yahoo Finance
July 28, 2020
Features interview with Heidi Shierholz.
NPR Planet Money
July 28, 2020
According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, as many as 11.9 million workers have zero chance of returning to their prior jobs as temporary job losses become permanent ones.
VOX
July 27, 2020
If benefits were extended through the middle of 2021, Josh Bivens, director of research at the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, estimates GDP would grow 3.7 percent a quarter on average and support the employment of 5.1 million workers.
Inc.
July 27, 2020
A study by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group, said cutting the extra payment to $200 from $600 would cost New Jersey 98,607 jobs over the next year, as unemployed workers have less money to spend.
NJ.com
July 27, 2020
New estimates show that without sufficient aid to state and local governments, the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a revenue shortfall of nearly $1 trillion by 2021 for state and local governments, according to the Economic Policy Institute. This means job losses for school employees just as they need much more help.
NEA Today
July 27, 2020
As millions of unemployed Americans face the loss of benefits, Rising Up With Sonali examines the COVID-relief bill that Congress is struggling to pass with Josh Bivens from the Economic Policy Institute.
Free Speech TV
July 27, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute:
Currently, Senate Republicans are offering a proposal to reduce this weekly $600 supplement to closer to $200. This is better than allowing the $600 benefit to go all the way to zero, but this would still lead to GDP that was lower by 2.5% a year from now, and, would lead to 3.4 million fewer jobs created over the next year.
Politicus USA
July 27, 2020