The current $7.25 minimum hourly rate was set in 2009, right in the middle of the Great Recession. Since then, America’s lowest-paid workers have lost about $3,000 a year when you consider the rising cost of living, according to calculations from the Economic Policy Institute.
Another meta-analysis comes in a highly anticipated study published this month in the Quarterly Journal of Economics by economists at the University of Massachusetts, University College London, and the Economic Policy Institute. They studied data from 138 cities and states that raised the minimum pay between 1979 and 2016. The conclusion is that low-wage workers received a 7 percent pay bump after a minimum wage law went into effect, but there was little or no change in employment. The study also showed that it would not cost jobs, even in states with large shares of minimum wage workers.
VOX
August 19, 2019
Not sure what to do with your extra zucchini squash this season? Consider donating extra produce as part of the University of Idaho’s Extension and 4-H “Grow-a-Row” garden produce donation program. In response to the largest income gap in the nation, rising costs of living, and over 40 percent of Teton County, Idaho working households living with less than the necessary income required to fund the five basic household necessities (housing, child care, food, transportation and health care), our local UI Extension office is working with nonprofit partners to tackle the issue of food access and hunger (United Way, 2018; U.S. Economic Policy Institute, 2018).
Teton Valley News
August 19, 2019
“We’re just kind of taking away the pain of some people, spreading it around to more,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that focuses on improving incomes for low-wage workers. According to him, a seven-year to eight-year wait for all nationals after the current backlog being cleared is likely under the Lee and Lofgren bills.
Sojourners
August 19, 2019
The foreign students came for a summer of adventure, invited to the United States for a work experience program, but many did not get the cultural exposure they were expecting. Instead, they saw a grimmer side of American industry: abuse, fraud, and discrimination.
The Nation
August 19, 2019
Data shows that illegal immigration is especially damaging to the black community. And according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, black unemployment in Georgia is, in fact, over double that of white unemployment, 6.5 percent to 2.7 percent.
Business & Politics
August 19, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Wisconsin is the 20th cheapest state for childcare, but it’s also one of 33 states where child-related costs average more than most four-year college degrees. The U.S. Department of Human Services considers a state affordable if it costs seven percent or less of a family’s income to have a child. In Wisconsin it costs more than 18 percent on average.
RiverTowns.net
August 19, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute issued a report on teacher shortages in March of this year detailing the national shortfall.
“The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought…,” authors Emma García and Elaine Weiss said.
The Sun Chronicle
August 19, 2019
According to findings from the Economic Policy Institute, 59% of teachers nationwide turn to moonlighting or side jobs to supplement their income. Here in Brevard, the lack of compensation is resulting in widespread resignations and retirements. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t receive a call from a teacher telling me they are participating in the “silent strike.” In other words, they are giving up on Brevard County schools to teach in another state, county, abroad, or have left the profession all together.
Florida Today
August 19, 2019
Finally, CEO pay has increased by over 1000 percent over the last 40 years according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute and their compensation has increased more than the value of the companies they represent.
The Bob Cesca Show
August 19, 2019
This was made clear in a new report on executive pay by the Economic Policy Institute, which showed that CEO pay at the top 350 companies grew by 1,000 percent over the past four decades, while workers’ wages stagnated.
World Socialist Web Site
August 19, 2019