Marokey Sawo joined EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) team as an economic analyst from 2021 to 2022. She focused on EARN-related research that both was informed by and sought to address racial and gender disparities. Sawo was most recently a researcher at the Groundwork Collaborative, where she worked on a variety of economic and data analysis projects. She primarily focused on the economics of anti-austerity at the federal level as well as varying unemployment insurance issues and broader labor market conditions. Sawo previously worked at Futures and Options, a New York-based non-profit, under several roles. As a project manager, she spearheaded an organization-wide project to build a robust new Salesforce CRM database and develop processes to increase efficiency and capacity. As a data associate, she worked closely with the program director to audit existing data evaluation systems to better capture the organization’s impact in providing internship and career-readiness opportunities for New York City youth.
Education:
M.S., Economic Theory and Policy, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
B.A., Economics, Vassar College
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Detailing the new methodology behind EPI’s quarterly state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity series
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Poverty is a policy choice: State-level data show pandemic safety net programs prevented a rise in poverty in every state
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State policy solutions for good home health care jobs—nearly half held by Black women in the South—should address the legacy of racism, sexism, and xenophobia in the workforce
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The state of the residential long-term care industry: A comprehensive look at employment levels, demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of workers in the industry
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All states must set higher wage benchmarks for home health care workers
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Strong and equitable unemployment insurance systems require broadening the UI tax base
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Building back better means raising wages for public-sector workers
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An economic recovery for whom?: Black women’s employment gaps show important differences in recovery rates
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States are choosing employers over workers by using COVID relief funds to pay off unemployment insurance debt: Policymakers shouldn’t be afraid to increase taxes on employers to improve unemployment insurance
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Setting higher wages for child care and home health care workers is long overdue
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The racist campaign against ‘critical race theory’ threatens democracy and economic transformation
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Care workers are deeply undervalued and underpaid: Estimating fair and equitable wages in the care sectors