“One study found that in middle-income neighborhoods there are 13 books per child, while in low-income neighborhoods, there is one book for every 300 children,” said Richards. “Researchers with the Economic Policy Institute have found that when low-income parents read to their children from an early age, have books in the home, and visit the library, their children have higher literacy skills.”
The Laurinburg Exchange
September 13, 2019
Before reviewing these options, though, it is important to recall the degree in shift of income that has occurred. You can slice and dice the numbers many ways, but the shift of income from labor to capital is clear. A May 2019 report from McKinsey Global Institute, which published a 62-page paper titled A new look at the declining labor share of income in the United States, notes that had labor’s share of income “remained at the levels of 1998…all else being equal, average worker pay in real terms might be higher by roughly $3,000 per year today.” A few years ago, the Economic Policy Institute provided an even higher estimate, writing that if the benefits of income growth between 2000 and 2015 had been distributed over the labor force, “this would translate into a $3,770 raise for each worker.”
Nonprofit Quarterly
September 13, 2019
The report, by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy, paints a stark picture of what would happen to workers at the mercy of arbitrators. Statistics show that supposedly neutral quasi-judges side with bosses more than 90% of the time.
People’s World
September 13, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute is pleased to welcome Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect and one of EPI’s founders, to present his new book The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy.
The American Prospect
September 13, 2019
Rochester’s paper is largely a response to a study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) arguing that “Minnesota’s economy has performed better for working families than Wisconsin’s” since 2010 based on eleven metrics—jobs, unemployment, labor force participation, wages, wage trends by gender, household and family income, poverty, health insurance, GDP (gross domestic product), and population.
Urban Milwaukee
September 13, 2019
Child care stipends: My wife and I are incredibly lucky. Our infant is in a Spanish-immersion day care, five minutes from my school, where he is held, talked to, and sung to by loving adults. It’s a wonderful facility, but we dig deep into our savings to pay for it. We are not alone. According to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute, here in Minnesota, the average cost of child care exceeds $16,000 annually. For a single infant, that amounts to over one-fifth of a median family’s income. For some, this means a choice between paying for child care or quitting a job. Others do not even have a choice; simple math makes the choice for them. Those who choose to enroll their children in day care often cut back on necessities like groceries, utilities, diapers, clothing, and home repairs. Providing relief in the form of stipends or tax credits would allow parents who choose to work to continue doing so while ensuring that their children are in a learning-rich environment.
Minnesota Post
September 13, 2019
According to the nonpartisan Learning Policy Institute, for example, in the 2017-18 school year there was a shortage of 110,000 qualified teachers. The slightly left-of-center Economic Policy Institute confirms the shortage and expresses alarm that “The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought,” and that it “threatens students’ ability to learn and reduce(s) teachers’ effectiveness.”
Patrick Gleeson
September 13, 2019
Bennet’s plan says his administration would work to increase teacher pay, with the goal being pay for educators “at least the equivalent amount they could earn in the private sector with a comparable level of education.” That gets at a key disparity in teacher pay: The gap between teacher pay and the pay of other college-educated professionals has grown substantially over the last 25 years, even accounting for benefits, according to a 2018 report by the Economic Policy Institute.
Chalkbeat
September 13, 2019
Para muchos maestros, y tal y como revelaban hace unos meses dos economistas de Economic Policy Institute (EPI), encontrar otra ocupación con la que compaginar la enseñanza es vital. Emma García y Elaine Weiss explicaban, el 59% de los maestros tuvieron que añadir otras actividades a su jornada laboral para tener mayores ingresos.
La Raza
September 13, 2019
In fact, it takes an average of $459 a year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which took the National Center for Educational Statistics’ 2011-2012 Schools and Staffing Survey and adjusted for inflation to 2018 dollars.
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2019