Workers are beginning to see rises in pay, but some experts say there’s a lot of ground to make up from the last recession. Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, found that since 2007, inflation-adjusted wages for the bottom 10 percent of earners has increased 8.4 percent, while wages for the top 10 percent of earners grew 13.1 percent over the same period.
Houston Chronicle
August 19, 2019
The new statement comes as the gap between the compensation growth of corporate executives and American workers has grown at staggering rates. An analysis released Aug. 14 by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, found that chief executive compensation had grown 940 percent since 1978, by one measure, while typical worker compensation had risen just 12 percent over the same period.
The Washington Post
August 19, 2019
At least $2 billion in stolen wages were recovered nationwide between 2015 and 2016, according to a 2017 study by the Economic Policy Institute.
NJ Biz
August 19, 2019
That is what the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on the low- and middle-income Americans, found in a study released last week.
Star Tribune
August 19, 2019
Since 1978, CEO pay has grown 1,007.5% by one measure and a mere 940.3% by another measure, the Economic Policy Institute reports. Average workers? Their pay has gone up just 11.9%. That’s not all, either. The increase in CEO pay has dramatically outstripped the increase for other very high earners, which is positively modest at 339.2%.
Daily Kos
August 19, 2019
The findings came in a study released on Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute, which argued that ‘exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality.’
Daily Mail
August 19, 2019
Cites research on CEO pay at 06:46:00.
MSNBC Live
August 19, 2019
A new study from Economic Policy Institute out this week found similar results. Reports CNBC: Since 1978, “CEO compensation rose 1,007.5% for CEOs, compared to 11.9% for average workers.”
Tech Wire
August 19, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute looked at compensation for CEOs at the 350 largest firms in the U.S. and found they have risen more than 1,000% over the past four decades.
Public News Service
August 19, 2019
The average chief executive makes 278 times the pay of a typical company employee, according to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute, which analyzed executive pay between 1978 to 2018.
CEOWORLD Magazine
August 19, 2019