The research draws on the work of economists Ha-Joon Chang of Cambridge University and the late Alice Amsden of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose work show that an active industrial policy like the Green New Deal “has as a rule been associated with economic success stories and development ‘miracles’ historically.” Using prior analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, the study projects how new federal goals would increase demand in specific sectors.
Huffington Post
January 8, 2020
When you consider the staggering cost of infant care in the U.S., it’s easy to see why. In my home state of New Jersey, for example, families spend an average of $12,988 a year hiring caretakers for their newborns, the Economic Policy Institute found. That’s just hundreds of dollars shy of in-state tuition for a four-year public college, and would eat up 62% of the annual income for a minimum-wage worker.
Columbus Parent
January 8, 2020
When you consider the staggering cost of infant care in the U.S., it’s easy to see why. In my home state of New Jersey, for example, families spend an average of $12,988 a year hiring caretakers for their newborns, the Economic Policy Institute found. That’s just hundreds of dollars shy of in-state tuition for a four-year public college, and would eat up 62% of the annual income for a minimum-wage worker.
Columbus Parent
January 8, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says affordable child care should cost no more than 7 percent of a family’s income. By that measure, the Economic Policy Institute says only 12.2 percent of Ohio families can afford infant care. Its stats show that a median-income Ohio family (earning $57,283) would pay nearly 17 percent of its annual income for one child in infant care.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
January 8, 2020
When you consider the staggering cost of infant care in the U.S., it’s easy to see why. In my home state of New Jersey, for example, families spend an average of $12,988 a year hiring caretakers for their newborns, the Economic Policy Institute found. That’s just hundreds of dollars shy of in-state tuition for a four-year public college, and would eat up 62% of the annual income for a minimum-wage worker.
Employee Benefit News
January 8, 2020
Wages throughout the economy are stagnant. Child care is way too expensive. Moms and Dads don’t have the $20,913 per year the Economic Policy Institute estimates it costs to pay for childcare in this city. It costs less to go to UMass.
Your Tewksbury Today
January 8, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute found that in Nebraska, the average annual cost is nearly $13,000.
KETV 7
January 8, 2020
The divergence could reflect economic changes that have buffeted that age group. Many entered the workforce during the recession, just as wages plunged for high school grads. Even though the typical pay for high school grads has increased in the last few years, it still remains below its peak in the early 2000s, according to the Economic Policy Institute. At the same time, the wage premium for college grads has grown.
USA Today
January 8, 2020
The report notes recent research by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., that indicated that in 2018, CEOs made 940.3% more than they did in 1978, while typical workers made only 11.9% more.
Cleveland.com
January 8, 2020
By contrast, wages for the bottom 90% grew by 23.9% between 1979 and 2018, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis. The top 1% still lags one group, though, and that’s the top 0.1%, which saw its wages rise by 340.7% in those years.
Daily Kos
January 8, 2020