There are 60,000 fewer public education jobs than there were before the recession began in 2007, according to an analysis of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report by the think tank Economic Policy Institute. States and districts haven’t moved on from the austerity measures imposed by most states more than a decade ago when the recession hit. “If we include the number of jobs that should have been created just to keep up with growing student enrollment,” the EPI report states, “we are currently experiencing a 307,000 job shortfall in public education.”
The Hechinger Report
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
In Alabama, childcare costs an average of $6,000 per year ($500 per month) for an infant, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That’s 12 percent of the median household income in Alabama, of $49,861.
AL.com
October 16, 2019
Disproportionately low levels of Black equity are also impacted by low savings’ rates among African American homeowners. According to the Economic Policy Institute, “The typical black family with a head of household working full time has less wealth than the typical white family whose head of household is unemployed.” This staggering disparity means that most Black households simply scramble to remain afloat. Savings (much less investment in stocks, bonds, and other high risk market investments) are often difficult to accumulate when folks are one paycheck away from eviction, foreclosure, and potential homelessness.
LA Progressive
October 15, 2019
While there is a “sizable pay gap,” the disparity goes beyond just the fact that women are paid less than men for comparable jobs, Elise Gould, senior economist with the nonpartisan think tank the Economic Policy Institute, tells Make It. Women’s lower lifetime earnings can be attributed to the fact that the occupations that women enter tend to be paid less than fields that are traditionally male-dominated.
CNBC
October 15, 2019
According to a 2017 report from the Economic Policy Institute that looked at the 10 most populous U.S. states, workers suffering minimum wage violations are underpaid $64 per week on average. That’s nearly one-quarter of their weekly earnings.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 15, 2019
Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe; Economic Policy Institute: CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978
VOX
October 15, 2019
Most U.S. worker paychecks are bigger than they were 40 years ago — but their purchasing power is about the same, according to a Pew Research study. Worker productivity, which most economists say is the foundation for pay raises in a capitalist system, has surged by almost 70 percent since 1979, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Springfield News-Leader
October 15, 2019