Recent controversy surrounding gender pay gaps has revealed that the phenomenon is still very much real. In Hollywood alone, women news anchors and some of the industry’s most prominent actresses have been paid millions of dollars less than their male counterparts. According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, women still make, on average, 22 percent less per hour than men — a statistic that Judge Judy seems to have had in mind when speaking with TMZ.
Yahoo Lifestyle
April 11, 2018
A 2017 report from the Economic Policy Institute states that “working women in unions are paid 94 cents, on average, for every dollar paid to unionized working men, compared with 78 cents on the dollar for non-union women as a share of nonunion men’s dollar.”
Brit + Co
April 11, 2018
According to the Economic Policy Institute, “Working women in unions are paid 94 cents, on average, for every dollar paid to unionized working men, compared with 78 cents on the dollar for nonunion women as a share of nonunion men’s dollar.”
AFSCME
April 11, 2018
A report released this week by the Economic Policy Institute takes a look at some of those criticisms. It acknowledges that there are different ways to measure the gap in wages between men and women, ways that show the gap either growing or shrinking depending on what demographics you are looking at. However, it says it’s a mistake to look at these different ways of measuring and assume the overall data is unreliable. (whole story)
The Times-Picayune
April 11, 2018
Black women earn $0.63 for every dollar that white men earn, while white woman earn $0.79 per every dollar a white man earns. According to Voice of America, the wage gap is slightly worse this year than last year. “There are a lot of reasons why this gap remains,” noted Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, “And there is certainly room for some of that to be discrimination.”
Blavity
April 11, 2018
See how much you could be earning as a working woman in a more equal society by using the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) gender pay calculator. (calculator embedded)
Black Enterprise
April 11, 2018
1/ While the women in the US made 82 cents to every dollar men made last year, the discrepancy in pay is actually much larger for women of color. According to the Economic policy institute, black women are paid about 65% of what white men are paid and Hispanic women less than 60%. The gender wage gap is smallest between white men and Asian women, who still make $2.27 less per hour than white men.
Global Citizens
April 11, 2018
Economists: Many warn that a balanced budget amendment could foolishly limit the government’s ability to respond to economic downturns or crises. “Putting aside for a moment the chutzpah of House Republicans trying to pass a balanced budget amendment (BBA) just a few months removed from their passage of a $1.5 trillion tax cut that went largely to the richest households and big corporations, the simple fact is that the economic consequences of a balanced budget amendment range from extremely bad to catastrophic,” writes Budget Analyst Hunter Blair of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “The reason for this is that a BBA would amplify any negative economic shock to the economy and would thereby turn run-of-the-mill recessions into disasters.”
The Fiscal Times
April 11, 2018
Daily Kos
April 11, 2018
A new “economic snapshot” from experts at the Economic Policy Institute makes clear why public school teachers — especially in states like West Virginia, Oklahoma and North Carolina — are ticked off about their pay. Here is an excerpt and the graph that sums things up: (repost of the Snapshot)
The Progressive Pulse
April 10, 2018