Child care in Wisconsin is already expensive, ranking 20th among states and the District of Columbia for most expensive infant care. The average annual cost of child care was nearly $12,600 in October 2020, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Wisconsin Public Radio
December 23, 2022
“It would be political negligence to do a one-off and not hold Republicans to account,” said Celine McNicholas, chief lobbyist for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute who previously served as director of congressional and public affairs for the NLRB. “You lose any kind of leverage with Republicans if you move Ring’s seat without moving Wilcox’s seat. You essentially give Republicans an advantage.”
Bloomberg Law
December 23, 2022
Fewer options for parents have also led to higher costs in most areas, though prices vary wildly state to state. For example, while the average annual price of a full-time child care center for a toddler costs more than $24,000 in Washington, DC, it comes out to roughly $6,800 in Arkansas, according to a calculator made by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute. States like California and New York have some of the least affordable child care options, costing nearly half the median income for a single-parent family, according to a 2021 report from Child Care Aware of America.
CNET
December 23, 2022
By the numbers: Black and Latino workers make up 12.8% and 17.4% of the total workforce, respectively, but only 10% and 9.8% of the professional workforce, according to the Economic Policy Institute and the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO.
Axios
December 23, 2022
… pay has skyrocketed by 1,322% since 1978 while the average employee wage grew by just 18%, according to the Economic Policy Institute. (paywall).
Fortune
December 23, 2022
In 2017, the FBI reported the cost of street crime at about $13.8 billion. That same year, the Economic Policy Institute released a study saying that just one form of wage theft — minimum wage violations — costs U.S. workers even more: an estimated $15 billion annually, impacting an estimated 17 percent of low-wage workers.
North Coast Journal
December 23, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute has been tracking the “teacher pay penalty” for 18 years, and in 2021, it reached a new high: Teachers earn 23.5 percent less than comparable college graduates.
Education Week
December 23, 2022
Kriti Gupta and Jon Erlichman discuss the SEC overahaul and the World Cup final. Guests Today: Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute and Joe Mecane of Citadel Securities.
Bloomberg TV
December 23, 2022
Experts say rampant inflation has sunk the real value of today’s federal minimum wage to its lowest point in decades. “(Congress) has really failed at their job of making sure that we have wage standards that are up to date,” said Ben Zipperer, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute — a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C.
News Nation Now
December 23, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute determined that: “the expanded Child Tax Credit—a key element of the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) — lifted 2.1 million children out of poverty. The ARP Child Tax Credit is the leading reason child poverty fell so precipitously from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021, the lowest rate on record.”
Tallahassee Democrat
December 23, 2022