A June 2022 report by the Economic Policy Institute found that nearly a third of gig workers reported earnings less than the minimum wage in their respective states.
Fox Business
March 14, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, there are about 2.4 million farmworkers across the U.S., and while the Fair Food Program has helped countless farmworkers to date, there are far more who don’t yet have the same protections.
Fast Company
March 14, 2024
Moreover, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the share of prime-age (ages 25-54) employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) for U.S.-born individuals was 81.4 percent in 2023, up from 80.7 percent in 2019 — for its highest rate since 2001. Indeed, native-born workers have gained more than 6 million jobs during Biden’s presidency — as have foreign-born workers.
Washington Post
March 14, 2024
And not only that: an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that the gender pay gap even widens with education levels, ranging from 20 percent for workers without a high school diploma to 30 percent for those with an advanced degree.
Statista
March 14, 2024
Richard Rothstein, a distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in his 2017 book “The Color of Law” that the federal interstate highway system was a prime example of a transportation project used to segregate or destroy Black neighborhoods in the 1940s.
Courthouse News Service
March 14, 2024
In 2023, women earned, on average, 21.8% less than men, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Word in Black
March 14, 2024
“Nominal wage growth continues to moderate,” Elise Gould, economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington think tank, wrote in an analysis.
“Private-sector wage growth rose by a modest 1.8 percent over the month, annualized. The three-month change came in at 4.0 percent, annualized, consistent with inflation and productivity growth. Fed take note: this is not an overheating labor market.”
The Hill
March 14, 2024
Ninety-two percent of Dollar General workers make less than $15 an hour, according to a wage tracker from the Economic Policy Institute. That’s compared to 80% at Big Lots, 51% at Walmart and 3% at Target making under $15.
13 News Now
March 14, 2024
Some economists have pointed out that these high profits during the economic recovery are nothing like the profits businesses have made in past economic cycles. Chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute, Josh Bivens, explained in 2022 that, “Evidence from the past 40 years suggests strongly that profit margins should shrink…”
States Newsroom
March 14, 2024