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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Lack of paid sick days and large numbers of uninsured increase risks of spreading the coronavirus
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Black-white wage gaps are worse today than in 2000
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State of Working America Wages 2019: A story of slow, uneven, and unequal wage growth over the last 40 years
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News from EPI › Solid employment growth in January, wage growth remains indicator to watch
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What to watch on jobs day: Large downward revisions in employment expected
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Who’s paying now?: The explicit and implicit costs of the current early care and education system
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Early child care and education in the states
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The labor market continues to improve in 2019 as women surpass men in payroll employment, but wage growth slows
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News from EPI › 2019 ends with solid job growth and tepid wage growth
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What to watch on jobs day: An assessment of the 2019 labor market
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News from EPI › Payroll employment beats expectations, but wage growth underperforms
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What to watch on jobs day: Concerning slowdown in job growth and weakening wage growth
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Latina workers have to work nearly 11 months into 2019 to be paid the same as white non-Hispanic men in 2018
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Back-to-school jobs report shows a continued shortfall in public education jobs
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News from EPI › Disappointing wage growth in September
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: How big is the teacher shortfall?
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Slowdown in household income growth continues in 2018
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News from EPI › Income growth slows significantly again in 2018
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What to watch for in the 2018 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty
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News from EPI › U.S. job growth weaker in 2019
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Wage growth is key to a sustainable recovery
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Wage growth is weak for a tight labor market—and the pace of wage growth is uneven across race and gender
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News from EPI › Job growth stays solid but wages disappoint—again
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Are there signs of wage acceleration?
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Affordability and quality—attainable goals for an effective early care and education system
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Breaking the silence on early child care and education costs: A values-based budget for children, parents, and teachers in California
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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?