“Montana, North Dakota, [and] Maine all have really disproportionately high shares of their trade with Canada, and the lion’s share of that is oil and gas,” said Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. According to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of U.S. census data, 69 percent of Maine imports and 64 percent of North Dakota imports are sourced from Canada. Hersh also noted that the oil refining industry would be greatly affected if the pause on tariffs on Canadian oil and gas—set to expire in the beginning of April—is not extended.
The New Republic
March 27, 2025
And it’s not just wage disparities that Black women have to face at work. They are less likely than white workers to have access to paid leave and according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, the average cost of childcare for two children can be upwards of $20,000 a year, which puts many Black and Latina mothers in an impossible position.
Essence
March 26, 2025
Some are already warning how this could adversely affect young employees. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Economic Policy Institute analyst Nina Mast tells the Miami Herald.
Newser
March 26, 2025
Women were paid 18% less than men on average in 2024 on an hourly basis — the smallest gender wage gap on record — according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Five notes:
1. The gender pay gap narrowed between 1979 and 1994, then remained flat until 2022, according to the EPI’s “State of Working America Wages 2024” report.
Becker’s Hospital Review
March 26, 2025
“If you don’t have the ability to track or try to prove or enforce non-discrimination laws, that’s going to be worse,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. “Those [cuts] are hugely detrimental. They’re going in the wrong direction.”
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Wage gaps across the country have decreased between men and women of all races, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute. In 2024, women were paid 18 percent less on average than men, controlling for all factors.
19th News
March 26, 2025
Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that cutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks would have a disproportionately negative impact on low- and middle-income individuals. Unlike the wealthy, who tend to save tax windfalls, Medicaid recipients immediately spend money on necessary goods and services, stimulating local economies.
The Fayetteville Observer
March 26, 2025
If the state’s child labor laws are changed, the risk is that young workers will have fewer protections and will have a harder time saying no to employers, said Nina Mast, an analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Mast said.
Miami Herald
March 25, 2025
Proceedings in the lawsuit, brought by plaintiffs including the AFL-CIO and member unions as well as the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, will play out over the coming weeks in one of many challenges to DOGE’s access to federal government databases.
HR Dive
March 25, 2025
In Nebraska, infant care costs more than the average rent, a report by the Economic Policy Institute says.
Child care is one of the biggest expenses families face – it’s also more costly than in-state tuition for a public college in 38 states, including Nebraska, according to the report, which uses state-level data from the Department of Labor and Child Care Aware of America to examine the cost of child care across the country.
“Child care is unaffordable for working families everywhere in the country, and it’s even more unattainable for minimum wage workers and the very workers that administer child care,” Katherine deCourcy, a research assistant for the Economic Policy Institute, said in a news release.
Des Moines Register
March 25, 2025
The lowest-paid workers in the economy saw the fastest wage growth by far over the last five years according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.
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Gould said when things reopened and employers started hiring again, “Workers had a moment to pause. We had, one time in history, better unemployment insurance programs and they could be a little bit choosier.” That meant employers had to pay more.
Marketplace
March 25, 2025