Areas of expertise
Wages • Poverty • Jobs • Health care • Economic mobility
Biography
Elise Gould joined EPI in 2003. Her research areas include wages, poverty, inequality, economic mobility and health care. She is a co-author of The State of Working America, 12th Edition. Gould authored a chapter on health in The State of Working America 2008/09; co-authored a book on health insurance coverage in retirement; published in venues such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Challenge Magazine, and Tax Notes; and written for academic journals including Health Economics, Health Affairs, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Risk Management & Insurance Review, Environmental Health Perspectives, and International Journal of Health Services. Gould has been quoted by a variety of news sources, including Bloomberg, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and her opinions have appeared on the op-ed pages of USA Today and The Detroit News. She has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Maryland Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees, the New York City Council, and the District of Columbia Council.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Master of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Sociology, Wesleyan University
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News from EPI › Pace of slowdown in employment growth is troubling
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Class of 2019: High school edition
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Continued strength or more labor market hiccups?
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Zero Weeks plus Ellen Bravo on the importance of paid family and medical leave
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Class of 2019: College edition
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News from EPI › Solid job growth in April, but don’t be fooled by the historically low unemployment rate—it fell as would-be workers left the labor force
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: An expected and continued return of workers into the labor force
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Equal Pay Day is a reminder that you can’t mansplain away the gender pay gap
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The House makes way for equal pay with the passage of Paycheck Fairness Act
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Decades of rising economic inequality in the U.S.: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee
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Higher returns on education can’t explain growing wage inequality
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A close look at recent increases in the black unemployment rate
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News from EPI › Job growth stalls in February—but don’t freak out
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Stronger wage growth as prime-age labor force participation continues to climb
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Wage growth for low-wage workers has been strongest in states with minimum wage increases
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Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further
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State of Working America Wages 2018: Wage inequality marches on—and is even threatening data reliability
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News from EPI › Wages rise in January, after 19 states raise the minimum wage: Shutdown complicates employment picture
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Furloughs and month-to-month volatility
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The economy has made great strides since the recession, but some weakness lingers
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News from EPI › December jobs report shows fiscal stimulus, even if badly designed, really does boost growth
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: An assessment of the 2018 labor market, 11 years since the start of the Great Recession
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News from EPI › Jobs report provides more evidence that the Fed should alter its course and not raise rates
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Will we see signs of stronger wage growth?
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News from EPI › Strong jobs report continues positive trend that began in 2010
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Latina workers have to work 10 months into 2018 to be paid the same as white non-Hispanic men in 2017
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News from EPI › Back-to-school jobs report shows a continue shortfall in public education jobs
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Keeping an eye on the teacher jobs gap
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America’s slow-motion wage crisis: Four decades of slow and unequal growth
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Black workers have made no progress in closing earnings gaps with white men since 2000