According to the Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank, a new consensus has emerged among leading economists that minimum wage increases raise wages without any substantial job loss.
The Conway Daily Sun
December 6, 2019
RELATED: “What to watch on jobs day,” from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute
Politico
December 6, 2019
“Over the last three months, payroll employment growth has averaged 205,000 new jobs, more than enough to keep up with population growth and pull in thousands of workers off the sidelines each month,” according to Elise Gould, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., in a statement.
MultiBriefs: Exclusive
December 6, 2019
‒ Every $1 million spent on construction results in 15 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Economic Policy Institute. This means as many as 7,500 jobs could be created throughout the duration of the initiative. For every construction job created, two indirect jobs are created at local retail outlets, restaurants, and businesses in such varied fields as accounting, concrete production, tool manufacturing and more.
FHN
December 6, 2019
However, the wide array of recognition reform required provided many high-profile paradigms where the American workers have been shifted by cheaper foreign employees by the program. Mainly, the advocates for immigrant’s privileges argue for H-1 B employees easily developed because of the legal status tied to specific worker. The Economic Policy Institute calculated around 460, 000 people employing on H-1 B by visas in 2013.
NBC 40
December 6, 2019
A recent Economic Policy Institute study found teachers on average spend at least $459 out of their own pockets each year to outfit their classrooms.It found Georgia teachers spend slightly less, $428. Teachers in California have the highest annual average, $664 a year. Only 4.9% of teachers don’t spend any of their own money on school supplies.
AJC
December 6, 2019
McDonald’s has approximately 14,000 restaurants, in the U.S., of which approximately 95 percent are franchised. Wage theft is a massive chunk of all theft committed in the U.S. According to a 2017 report by the Economic Policy Institute an estimated 2.4 million people lose a combined $8 billion in income every year to theft by their employers.
LawyersandSettlements.com
December 6, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute reports that from 1978 to 2018, CEO compensation rose 940% compared to 12% for the average worker. In 1965, the CEO/worker pay ratio was $20/1, but now is $278/1. In his book “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World,” Anand Giridharadas discusses these last 40 years being defined by: peak wealth and income inequality; stagnant worker wages; hoping markets “solve” problems they often exacerbate; businesses prioritizing investors over employees; and overdependence on philanthropy leading small groups with the greatest wealth to determine what societal solutions are “palatable.” In this period, we’ve come to see clear economic winners and clear losers.
Charlotte Observer
December 6, 2019
El estudio que incluye a especialistas de la University of Chicago, Cornell University, University of Cambridge, University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto y del Economic Policy Institute, entre otras dice que la Misión de Observación Electoral de la OEA en Bolivia “no incluyó evidencia que respaldara la declaración” de fraude electoral, según consigna La Tercera.
Tele 13
December 6, 2019
En el documento, los especialistas que provienen de distintas universidades -entre éstas University of Chicago, Cornell University, University of Cambridge, University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, y del Economic Policy Institute- estudiaron los resultados electorales y concluyeron que “es fácil mostrar con datos electorales que el cambio en la ventaja de Morales no fue ni “drástico” ni “difícil de explicar“, ya que “fue parte de un aumento constante y continuo en la ventaja de Morales iniciado horas previas a la interrupción del TREP”.
Nuevo Poder
December 6, 2019