It’s worth noting that alternative child care options can come at a steep cost. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average child care expense for preschool-age children exceeds $15,000 annually — a price many families simply can’t afford.
Spectrum News NY 1
July 15, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), between 2019 and 2023, our immigrant labor force grew yearly on average 2.3 percent; yet there’s no evidence of harm to the native-born, as our economy has also been growing. In fact, EPI also found that for U.S.-born workers, 2022-2023 was a time of “very low unemployment—and strong employment growth.” Robust growth continues to exceed expectations.
Common Dreams
July 15, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute says that the merger could result in $334 million in lost wages, affecting roughly 746,000 workers.
Slate
July 15, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute found school bus drivers make much less money than other workers.
KJRH (Oklahoma)
July 15, 2024
According to a May 2024 analysis by the progressive Economic Policy Institute, average wage growth was higher than inflation every month for the previous 12 consecutive months.
Pennsylvania Independent
July 15, 2024
The reality is 401(k) plans are great for highly educated workers who earn a lot of money. The Economic Policy Institute found these individuals were more likely to:
- Have access to a 401(k)
- Participate in a 401(k) when offered
- Have money to contribute to their 401(k)
- Receive employer matching contributions
- Take on greater investment risks, helping their portfolio balance grow
MoneyWise
July 15, 2024
“This ruling will make it harder for federal agencies to govern, operate, or enforce workers’ rights and protections effectively, meaning workers will be left exposed to more dangers, risks, and discriminatory treatment on the job,” said Economic Policy Institute’s Director of Policy Celine McNicholas in a statement. “Regulations are critical tools for establishing worker protections and it is simply common sense that agencies that Congress authorizes to administer and enforce laws should have the ability to establish the rules that most effectively effectuate those laws.”
Truthout
July 15, 2024
Many of the state-level restrictions being targeted for rollback have no counterpart in federal law.
“There’s no federal standard to fall back on” related to youth work permits, said Nina Mast, policy and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. “It kind of makes the work permits vulnerable to attack in some of these state legislatures that are susceptible to these arguments about bureaucracy or red tape.”
Bloomberg Law
July 15, 2024
A 2018 Economic Policy Institute report found that when Amazon opens a warehouse, the number of warehouse jobs goes up, but the total number of jobs in an area does not change, with new warehousing jobs “likely offset by job losses in other industries.”
Providence Journal
July 15, 2024
Analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute has found that raising the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028 would impact 27,858,000 workers across the U.S., or about 19% of the workforce. EPI also found that the increases would provide an additional $86 billion annually in wages for the country’s lowest-paid workers. And the average affected worker who works year-round would receive an extra $3,100 per year.
Forbes
July 15, 2024