On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds a plurality of voters, 45%, say the next round of coronavirus relief spending should prioritize more relief for the unemployed. Senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, Heidi Shierholz joins Hill TV to explain how certain policies can help Americans through the economic crisis brought on by coronavirus. This survey was conducted online within the United States from May 18-19, 2020 among 932 registered voters by HarrisX. The sampling margin of error of this poll is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. The results reflect a nationally representative sample of registered voters. Results were weighted for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, income, political party, and education where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population.
The Hill
May 28, 2020
Jobs – The most common reason given is to save or create jobs in America. In the last decade, nearly 6 million manufacturing jobs have been lost. According to the Economic Policy Institute, for every 100 manufacturing jobs lost, there are 744.1 indirect jobs lost.
Sapulpa Times
May 28, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute earlier this month found 60 percent of H-1B positions certified by the U.S. Department of Labor are assigned wage levels well below the local median wage for the occupation. This sad fact is an open secret among H-1B employers.
Michigan Star
May 28, 2020
A blog post from the Economic Policy Institute also notes that older workers have less time to save for retirement after losing their jobs and returning to the workforce, and often have to take pay cuts when they do find work, because their skills may seem inapplicable. Research by AARP finds the age cohort is also “highly vulnerable to layoffs in times of economic uncertainty.”
Business Insider
May 28, 2020
Less than 30 per cent of Americans were able to work from home, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Among that group, only 16 per cent of Latino workers and less than 20 per cent of black workers are able to telework.
The Independent
May 28, 2020
A diferencia de otros países que concentraron la gestión sanitaria de la pandemia en su sistema de salud pública, Estados Unidos no posee esta estructura y su población está acostumbrada a evitar los hospitales y largas internaciones para no contraer deudas de miles de dólares. A mediados de mayo, el centro de pensamiento Economic Policy Institute calculó que al menos 16,2 millones de personas se quedaron sin cobertura médica cuando perdieron su trabajo en medio de la pandemia.
Cuba Debate
May 28, 2020
Just how ill-prepared? Half of American families aged 56 to 61 have less than $21,000 in retirement savings, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, and 40% of older Americans now rely solely on social security as their only source of income in retirement, according to a report from the National Institute on Retirement Security.
Forbes
May 28, 2020
But decreasing those benefits could cost the country even more jobs on top of the historic 40 million jobs that have already been wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic, Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think-tank based in Washington, D.C., said.
“If the extra $600 unemployment benefit expires, millions of Americans will have less money to spend in stores, and that could ultimately lead to more unemployment.” — Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute
MarketWatch
May 28, 2020
More than 36 million people have filed for unemployment benefits due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, meaning millions will be left without health insurance. In mid May, left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute estimated 16.2 million people have lost health insurance once provided by their employer — how roughly half of Americans get their health insurance. That number could be as high as 26.8 million if those who lost their jobs don’t sign up for other coverage, the Kaiser Family Foundation found.
Huffington Post
May 28, 2020
The human rights group Oxfam has ranked Virginia dead last in its ranking of the “best places to work in America.” States with right-to-work laws have wages that are, on average, 3.1% lower than pro-union states, according to a 2015 study by the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
Huffington Post
May 28, 2020