In May and June, 7.5 million Americans returned to work, according to Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy for the liberal Economic Policy Institute. Roughly 70 percent of those workers would have made more on unemployment, Shierholz wrote.
Las Cruces Sun News
July 27, 2020
According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), white workers on average routinely bring home a higher hourly wage than their Black and Hispanic counterparts. The pattern holds for most education levels, including those with a college degree. White workers in that group outpace Black workers by more than $7 per hour on average.
Spectrum News
July 27, 2020
However, stating that employees “should” stay home is not the same as telling employers they must provide alternative work arrangements to enable those 65 and older to work from home. And even if an employer lets older employees work from home, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, only 25 percent of those over 65 are able to work remotely.
Stamford Advocate
July 27, 2020
The event comes as 39% of child care providers have closed their doors in Wisconsin by the end of May due to the pandemic, according to a July report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum—and as many as half of all providers in central Wisconsin counties like Portage and Adams. The Economic Policy Institute cites Wisconsin as the 20th most expensive state in the country for child care, at an annual cost per year of more than $12,000–higher than some college tuition.
WSAW FOX 7
July 27, 2020
She’s received about $2,000. That kind of money is a godsend in this pandemic-shocked economy, said Heidi Shierholz at the Economic Policy Institute, calling it “absolutely essential.”
Marketplace
July 27, 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
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
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
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