Meanwhile, Republican-led Texas shed 112,100 state and municipal government jobs from February to June, more than any state but California, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group.
NJ.com
August 6, 2020
And a large share of those at-risk government employees are veterans, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
AFSCME
August 6, 2020
Teachers already were accustomed to paying for classroom supplies and materials before the start of a new school year. According to National Center for Education Statistics survey data from the 2011-12 school year, Connecticut teachers reported spending an average of $397 of their own money. According to an analysis of those numbers from the Economic Policy Institute think tank, the 2011-12 numbers are lower than a survey from 2015-16 that did not include state-level data because of the impact the Great Recession had on discretionary spending.
Stamford Advocate
August 6, 2020
Depending on the length of this recession and when an effective treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 is developed, there is a real possibility many jobs lost by women will never come back, said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute.
As it stands, about 8% of women who have been laid off have zero chance of being called back to the workforce compared to 6.4% of men, according to an analysis by EPI. Another 4% expect to be called back but likely will not.
The Daily Record
August 6, 2020
You might be asking, “but where am I going to find the resources to give my workers more?” Here, CEOs would do well to look in the mirror. According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978, while the salary of the average worker has increased only 12%. The economy would suffer zero harm if CEOs were paid less.
Time
August 6, 2020
“I think they’re making the calculation that they’d rather work and try to secure a place with an employer rather than rely on temporary unemployment insurance increases,” said Josh Bivens, director of research at the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
Huffington Post
August 6, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute reported that the average teacher spent more than $450 of their own money on supplies last year.
KWQC
August 6, 2020
As Washington considers its next stimulus, it would do well to prioritize infrastructure investment—providing an infusion of jobs, expanded American manufacturing, more efficient transportation, and better safety. In addition, spending on infrastructure has a significant multiplier effect. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco estimates that every dollar of infrastructure spending produces $2 for the economy, and an Economic Policy Institute study found that each $100 billion in infrastructure spending will create about 1 million full-time jobs. Imagine what that would do for our flagging employment.
Fortune
August 6, 2020
The big picture: Some small-business owners around the country have said they believe the extra $600 a week was making it more difficult for them to hire workers. But when the Yale economists zoomed out, they found that the benefit had no effect on the labor market.
In fact, there are around 14 million more unemployed people than there are jobs, per the Economic Policy Institute. “If we’re in a scenario where the jobs aren’t there, searching isn’t going to help,” Scott says.
Axios
August 6, 2020
El Economic Policy Institute reportó que la pandemia del coronavirus puso a 2.2 millones de trabajadoras domésticas, 91.5% mujeres, en una posición precaria.
La Raza
August 6, 2020