Although women make up less than half of the state and local government workforce, they accounted for 70.5 percent of the roughly 765,000 jobs eliminated, according to a 2012 briefing paper by the Economic Policy Institute. Meanwhile, the number of African-Americans in state and local government employment fell 7.6 percent, the largest percentage change of any racial group.
UAB News
May 9, 2019
In the report for the Economic Policy Institute, Leila Morsy and Richard Rothstein synthesize research to zoom in on the effects of stressful childhoods on low-income children, and black and white children. They find that children with low family income—children with a family income of $20,000 or less—are more likely to encounter threatening experiences and the “toxic stress” that accompanies it. They also find black children generally have more exposure to these experiences than white children.
CityLab
May 9, 2019
Uber drivers earn money on a dual per mile and per minute formula, while Uber collects service and booking fees that vary by geography each time a trip is taken. One study from the left-learning Economic Policy Institute estimates that Uber drivers earn the equivalent of $9.21 in hourly wages after taking into account Uber’s fees plus drivers’ vehicle and other expenses.
CBS News
May 8, 2019
In statements to Fast Company, both Lyft and Uber said that their drivers earn over $20 per hour. But that number is certainly in dispute: According to an analysis from the think tank Economic Policy Institute, the actual wage drivers take home is much less. Average hourly pay for drivers, the analysis found, hovers around $9.21 after Lyft and Uber take their cuts (20% and 25%, respectively) and drivers pay for maintenance and gas. Lyft told Fast Company that drivers’ hourly earnings have increased over the past couple of years, but some drivers themselves say they’re not feeling the effects: One driver told Fast Company in March that to take home the same weekly pay, he had to drive significantly more miles, and the rise in hourly earnings that Lyft reports could be a function of greater demand, not that the company is paying drivers more per trip.
Fast Company
May 8, 2019
Research out of the Economic Policy Institute last year suggested that, after Uber’s commission, fees, and vehicle expenses—and accounting for personal health insurance coverage—Uber drivers earned the equivalent of $9.21 in hourly wages.
CityLab
May 8, 2019
Another paper, released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute, found that Uber drivers earn the equivalent of $9.21 in hourly wages after factoring in commissions, fees and vehicle expenses as well as health insurance and other expenses.
CNN
May 8, 2019
The strike will take place just one day before Uber goes public at a $90 billion valuation on May 9, 2019. Steve Smith from the California Labor Federation, an organization made up of 1,200 unions across representing workers across various industries, tells Elite Daily by phone that Uber’s plan to go public will put the company “among the wealthiest corporations in the entire world,” yet “[Uber and Lyft’s] drivers, in many cases, are not even getting a minimum wage.” According to a May 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute, Uber drivers earn about $9.21 an hour after fees and expenses.
Elite Daily
May 8, 2019
Bloomberg
May 8, 2019
While Uber has also cited studies showing its U.S. drivers were earning between $18-$20 per hour, a 2018 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute came to somewhat different conclusions.
Deseret News
May 8, 2019
Uber reported that drivers have earned $78.2 billion on their platform since 2015, as well as an additional $1.2 billion since it introduced a tipping option, but has not recently reported average earnings. According to a May 2018 study by the Economic Policy Institute, drivers take home $9.21 an hour on average, subtracting platform fees, expenses, mandatory payroll taxes and the cost of a modest benefits package.
TheStreet
May 8, 2019