According to the think tank Economic Policy Institute, the average income of white households in 2018 was $70,642 compared to $41,692 for black households. In February, before the pandemic, the unemployment rate was 5.8% for black people against only 3.1% for white people.
The Africa Report
July 14, 2020
As the Economic Policy Institute writes, failing to extend federal UI programs now is not just “cruel but bad economics.”
The Progressive Pulse
July 14, 2020
Last week, United Airlines said it may be forced to furlough as many as 36,000 workers, or about 45 percent of its workforce. According to an estimate from the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute, up to 17.6 million Americans “probably won’t return” to their pre-crisis jobs.
Fox Business
July 14, 2020
Teachers now make 4.5 percent on average less than they did more than 10 years ago, according to the National Education Association, and public school teachers earn 17 percent less than what comparable workers earn, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Inequality.org
July 14, 2020
Everyone has heard the first-hand accounts and read the news reports about spotty attendance during remote learning, said Emma Garcia, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute who studies education policy. But no one has a good systematic overview of what attendance patterns actually are, which complicates the role of researchers and policymakers in crafting responses to the pandemic. Data must ultimately inform efforts to direct resources and time to schools and districts needing it the most.
Education Week
July 14, 2020
An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute last year found that the unemployment rate among white and Black people was closer in South Carolina than many other states. It also showed the unemployment rate among Black residents improved by 8.2 percent from 2007 to 2019.
The Charleston Post and Courier
July 13, 2020
“Unfortunately, more trouble is on the horizon as coronavirus cases continue to rise, states begin to re-shutter, and unemployed workers face further economic devastation when the unemployment insurance enhancements expire on July 25,” Elise Gould, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post. “Without further aid to workers and their families as well as state and local governments, the economic pain will be with us for a very long time.”
Colorado stands to lose more than 66,898 jobs over the coming year if the extra $600 a week that the federal government is providing to unemployed workers and contractors goes away completely, according to an analysis from the EPI.
The Denver Post
July 13, 2020
Last week, United Airlines said it may be forced to furlough as many as 36,000 workers, or about 45 percent of its workforce. According to an estimate from the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute, up to 17.6 million Americans “probably won’t return” to their pre-crisis jobs.
Fox Business
July 13, 2020
In many states, the percentage of Hispanics contracting the virus has been on the rise. Only 16.2% of Hispanics can work from home – the lowest of any ethnic or racial classification – putting them at greater risk for exposure to the coronavirus, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Albuquerque Journal
July 13, 2020