Last year, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found Amazon had likely received roughly $1 billion in state and local tax incentives for its 95 fulfillment centers around the country. But two years after those centers opened, there was no increase in overall employment in the communities where they were located. Either workers shifted from one industry to another, or job creation at the facilities was too small to make a difference in the numbers, the study’s authors said.
The Buffalo News
October 29, 2019
The report examines the counties in every state that are the most expensive by using The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator. The calculator determines total local cost of living, like housing, food, health care, transportation and other necessities.
The Hayride
October 29, 2019
Teaching is widely recognized to be a stressful occupation, characterized by numerous and varied challenges: administrative burdens, long hours, classroom management difficulties, and lack of autonomy, to name but a few. Teachers are isolated from colleagues for much of the day, spending less than 5% of their work time collaborating with peers (Scholastic & the Gates Foundation, 2012). They are also paid less than other workers with similar experience and education, a gap that has grown from 4.3% in 1996 to 17% in 2015, according to the Economic Policy Institute (Allegreto & Mishel, 2016). Further, teachers face significant social and political scrutiny as to how they do their jobs (Goldstein, 2014).
Phi Delta Kappan
October 29, 2019
There’s a shortfall in education across the U.S., with more than 300,000 unfilled public teaching jobs needed to keep up with enrollment, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Axios
October 29, 2019
A widely distributed 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute called the teacher shortage “large and growing,” and analysts point to two key issues: Public schools are hiring fewer teachers and fewer people are pursuing teaching careers, a perfect storm for a public-education epidemic.
Innovateli
October 29, 2019
Economic Policy Institute president Thea Lee and Heritage Foundation research fellow Joel Griffith discussed the economy and its impact on the 2020 elections.
C-SPAN
October 29, 2019
Still this figure is a drop from the proposed changes during the Barack Obama administration. Obama had introduced a threshold of around $47,000 in 2016, rising to around $51,000 in 2019. The logic from the Obama administration was that the overtime threshold had not kept up with inflation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, if the threshold had matched inflation since 1975, it would have been over $50,000 in 2014.
Holland Sentinel
October 29, 2019
In fact, some people — including those from the Economic Policy Institute — have posited that a minimum-wage increase will actually lead to an increase in employment because of the effects of giving low-wage workers a raise. Other advantages to restaurants may include lower turnover rates and better job performance.
MarketWatch
October 29, 2019
A $15 minimum wage by 2024 would directly lift the wages of 28.1 million workers nationally, according to a report this year by the Economic Policy Institute. Another 11.6 million workers would indirectly see a benefit, as employers raise wages of workers making more than $15 in order to attract and retain employees.
Maine Beacon
October 29, 2019
According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, every manufacturing job can spur up to seven additional jobs. It’s among the highest multipliers of any industry, including health care, retail and transportation and warehousing.
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
October 29, 2019