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• Women suffering steeper job losses in COVID-19 economy

  But Elise Gould, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said there’s more to the story.

  “Even in the male-dominated industries, women are losing their jobs at greater rates,” she said.

  The Hill May 27, 2020
• Nonprofit estimates two-thirds of Nebraska meatpackers are immigrants; worker shortage looms in industry

  Roughly 350 foreign workers were certified for meat and poultry gigs in 2019, according to Daniel Costa at the Economic Policy Institute. Such H-2B visa holders, capped at 66,000 annually, are commonly used in landscaping and resorts.

  Omaha World-Herald May 27, 2020
• Number of working black business owners falls 40 percent, far more than other groups amid coronavirus

  “All recessions exacerbate existing inequalities by race and ethnicity — and always hit black and Hispanic workers harder — but this one will be worse,” Heidi Shierholz, policy director at the Economic Policy Institute, told The Washington Post at the time. “It will be an absolute nightmare.”

  The Washington Post May 27, 2020
• Older Workers Returning to Office Fear Both Virus and Job Loss

  AARP research has found that older workers are at risk of layoffs in times of economic uncertainty and have more difficulty getting rehired at previous wages when displaced. Meanwhile, the Economic Policy Institute found that nearly three-fourths of workers age 65 and older—or over 5 million workers—can’t telecommute and may already be exposing themselves to the virus.

  Bloomberg May 27, 2020
• Women suffering steeper job losses from COVID-19
  • But Elise Gould, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said there’s more to the story. “Even in the male-dominated industries, women are losing their jobs at greater rates,” she said.
  The Hill May 27, 2020
• Paid sick leave in focus amid COVID-19 crisis, but impact may not last

  A 2017 paper from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute noted that, at that time, “87 percent of private-sector workers in the top 10 percent of wages have the ability to earn paid sick days, compared with only 27 percent of private-sector workers in the bottom 10 percent.”

  Detroit Free Press May 27, 2020
• Coronavirus Devastates Black New Orleans: ‘This Is Bigger Than Katrina’

  Since the middle of March, more than 630,000 people have filed for unemployment insurance. That is 30% of the state’s labor force—one of the worst rates in the nation, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.

  The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2020
• Homegrown produce wanted for community “Grow-a-Row” food donation program in Teton Valley

  The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified economic hardship in our community. Even prior to the health crisis and perhaps more today, the U.S. Economic Policy Institute named Teton County Idaho and Wyoming as the region with the largest economic inequality in the nation. With rising costs of living and over 40 percent of Teton County, Idaho working households living with less than the necessary income required to fund the five basic household necessities (housing, child care, food, transportation and health care), our local Extension office and Master Gardeners are working with nonprofit partners to tackle the issue of food access and hunger.

  Teton Valley News May 27, 2020
• Coronavirus is killing more men. But the lockdown is disastrous for women and their rights
  Data so far is showing that the economic consequences of the pandemic are also harsher for women. One example: 55% of the Americans who have lost their jobs in March and April were women, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
  CNN May 27, 2020
• Study projects homelessness will rise 45% in just one year due to coronavirus unemployment

  O’Flaherty’s model relied on homelessness data in an earlier study published by the Journal of Housing Economics in 2017, which found that every 1% increase to the unemployment rate corresponded with the homelessness rate rising by 0.65 per 10,000 people. The analysis used unemployment projections from the Economic Policy Institute, which predicted a 15.6% rate by July, and the Congressional Budget Office, which similarly projected a 16% unemployment rate by the summer.

  Salon May 27, 2020