Another CBO study from 2014 showed that a $10.10 federal minimum wage would cause businesses to spend $15 billion more in salaries, but this would be only .003 percent of the wages they paid in 2012. That same raise, according to the Economic Policy Institute, would “reduce government expenditures on current income-support programs by at least $7.6 billion.”
Idaho State Journal
February 4, 2020
It’s been 10 years since the federal government raised minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25, the Economic Policy Institute said. Clearly the minimum wage must increase to keep pace with inflation and to prevent inflation from cutting into employee paychecks. Yet, this is not the case since wage gains have kept pace with inflation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Therefore, increasing the Federal minimum wage to $15 will have unnecessary winners and losers.
The Appalachian
February 4, 2020
Advanced manufacturing and especially aerospace remain a pillar of Connecticut economic development. By one measure from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank and advocacy group in Washington, D.C., precision manufacturing jobs create 7.4 positions in a regional economy for every new job.
West Hartford News
February 4, 2020
Know there’s a paywall but this is what my preview says: “That’s about double the next highest state loss, Texas’ 334,800 jobs, according to a report released Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute”
Los Angeles Times
February 4, 2020
Despite pleas from big business that H-2–visa hikes are necessary to offset an acute labor shortage, and even avoid bankruptcy, numerous nonpartisan studies find no evidence of scarcity. Among other respected bipartisan organizations, the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal, pro-immigration, Washington, D.C.-based research firm found “no evidence at all of labor shortages in the labor market.”
Post Independent
February 4, 2020
McClellan cited statistics from the Economic Policy Institute that say 17% of domestic workers live in poverty. In Virginia, personal care aides make an average of $21,240 a year, while home health aides earn an average of $23,440 per year, according to the same data.
Fauquier Times
February 4, 2020
Domestic workers are mostly female immigrants, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute.
Sequim Gazette
February 4, 2020
By calling for school choice without having an anti-racist agenda, DeVos abdicates her responsibility to address the structural racism that keeps all schools from reaching their potential. By sidestepping root causes, choice can make matters worse. In many districts, choice has led to the creation of more mediocre options. For instance, in Louisiana, findings from a 2016 Tulane University analysis of the state’s voucher program shows it “had a negative impact on participating students’ academic achievement in the first two years of its operation, most clearly in math.” A 2017 report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute summarized findings from national and international studies that showed limited improvements at best from voucher programs. Where there were gains in academic performance, the report attributed them to more government oversight and accountability, not less.
The Hechinger Report
February 4, 2020
Parents in the United States are spending about $42 billion on early child care and education, according to a recent report from the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute.
NBC 12 News
February 4, 2020
America is a tale of two countries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 29,000 in mid-January, a record high. Corporations are posting record profits, CEOs are, on average earning 312 times more than their workers on average in 2018, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Final Call
February 4, 2020