According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit think tank, the average annual cost of infant care in Florida is $9,238. Meanwhile, the cost for 4-year-olds is on average $7,282 per year. For new parents, the numbers can cause sticker shock.
Orlando Family Magazine
November 4, 2019
A newly released survey by Child Care Aware of America pegs Indiana among the most costly states in the nation for child care for infants and toddlers. An earlier survey by the Economic Policy Institute showed the same.
The Journal Gazette
November 4, 2019
In fact, some people—including those from the Economic Policy Institute—have posited that a minimum wage increase will actually lead to an increase in employment because of the effects of giving low-wage workers a raise. Other advantages to restaurants may include lower turnover rates and better job performance.
Quartz at Work
November 4, 2019
“This is for middle-income workers,” said Ben Zipperer, an economist with the liberal Economic Policy Institute. “Having sectoral standards can have a much broader effect than just raising the minimum wage.”
The New York Times
November 4, 2019
“Accounting for the direct effect of striking workers and temporary Census workers,” said Heidi Shierholz, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., “jobs grew 189,000 on average over the last three months,” in a statement.
MultiBriefs: Exclusive
November 4, 2019
“Given that we currently need less than 100,000 jobs per month to break even…this level of jobs growth is firmly in expansionary territory and, if sustained, will continue to nudge the unemployment rate down,” wrote Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and policy director at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
The Hill
November 4, 2019
But that number may not capture the full picture of job growth in October. At the Economic Policy Institute, Senior Economist Heidi Shierholz notes that the jobs report didn’t reflect the 46,000 striking GM workers who are now back at work. The jobs number is also lower due to the loss of 20,000 temporary jobs attached to the Census.
PayScale
November 4, 2019
With all this interest, let me suggest the next blockbuster antihero origin story: the story of the tech skills gap denier. The skills gap denier is now a multi-headed hydra. There are journalists like Matt Yglesias: “The skills gap was a lie… a consequence of high unemployment rather than its cause. With workers plentiful, employers got choosier. Rather than investing in training workers, they demanded lots of experience and educational credentials.” There are academics like Andrew Weaver of UIUC and Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute: “no matter how you cut the data, there is no evidence of skills shortages.” And there are academics turned journalists like Paul Krugman: “By blaming workers for their own plight, the skills myth shifts attention away from the spectacle of soaring profits and bonuses.”
Forbes
November 1, 2019
- Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute said the report reflected well on the Federal Reserve. “Today’s jobs report strongly suggests the Federal Reserve has done the right thing by lowering interest rates to help ensure that the recovery, which began more than 10 years ago, is sustained, rather than dying out before many low- and middle-income households get a chance to really feel its benefits,” she said.
MarketWatch
November 1, 2019
I’ve been reading everything from Teen Vogue to the Economic Policy Institute to understand what people are saying about economic inequality. The challenges are nuanced, but the primary concerns young people have are crystal clear—it’s all about power.
Foundation for Economic Education
November 1, 2019