Areas of expertise
Labor economics • Stratification economics • Child poverty and well-being • Retirement security and public finance • Human development and capabilities
Biography
Ismael Cid-Martinez is an economist with the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE). He studies economic inequality and well-being within the frameworks of stratification economics, human development, and political economy. Cid-Martinez has co-authored and published peer-reviewed research on child poverty and welfare, intergroup disparities, retirement security and public finance, and the capability approach.
Prior to joining EPI, Cid-Martinez served as a senior policy analyst for the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, where he authored reports on economic inequality and racial and ethnic disparities in the labor market and the broader economy. Before this, he worked for UNICEF’s Data & Analytics unit and for UNICEF regional and country offices in Latin America and West Africa. He also served as a research associate for the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. He is currently a PhD candidate at The New School for Social Research.
Education
M.Phil., Economics, The New School for Social Research
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Behind the numbers of Hispanic employment: A strong labor market has delivered historic gains, but differences remain among demographic groups
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Native American child poverty more than doubled in 2022 after safety net cutbacks: Child poverty rate is higher than before the pandemic
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The strong labor market recovery has helped Hispanic workers, but the end of economic relief measures has worsened income and poverty disparities
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Economic recovery in the Midwest: Challenges and opportunities after the pandemic
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The end of key U.S. public assistance measures pushed millions of people into poverty in 2022
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News from EPI › Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks and inflation shock: Strong labor market signals a better 2023
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2022 Census data preview: Poverty rates expected to increase as high inflation and the loss of safety net programs overshadow labor market improvements
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Broad child poverty data for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population don’t tell the whole economic story