Areas of expertise
Minimum and subminimum wages • Inequality • Jobs • Unions • Labor market trends
Biography
Sylvia A. Allegretto is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and an Economic Policy Institute research associate. She worked for 15 years at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, where she co-founded the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED). CWED’s body of work on wage floors has greatly influenced the academy and policy. Allegretto co-authored two editions of The State of Working America while at EPI and continues her work on teacher compensation, public education, and labor markets and provides frequent commentary on economic trends.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Teacher pay rises in 2023—but not enough to shrink pay gap with other college graduates
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Teacher pay penalty still looms large: Trends in teacher wages and compensation through 2022
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The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high: Trends in teacher wages and compensation through 2021
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Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaul: How a larger federal role would boost equity and shield children from disinvestment during downturns
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Policymakers cannot relegate another generation to underresourced K–12 education because of an economic recession
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Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education
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Teacher Compensation Penalty: Impact on teachers, education, and society
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Teacher pay penalty dips but persists in 2019: Public school teachers earn about 20% less in weekly wages than nonteacher college graduates
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Teacher wage and compensation penalty methodology
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The teacher weekly wage penalty hit 21.4 percent in 2018, a record high: Trends in the teacher wage and compensation penalties through 2018
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The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high: Trends in the teacher wage and compensation gaps through 2017
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Teachers across the country have finally had enough of the teacher pay penalty
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Teachers make 17 percent less than similar workers
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The teacher pay gap is wider than ever: Teachers’ pay continues to fall further behind pay of comparable workers
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Teacher Pay Penalty
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Twenty-Three Years and Still Waiting for Change: Why It’s Time to Give Tipped Workers the Regular Minimum Wage
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The Unfinished March Toward a Decent Minimum Wage
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To Work With Dignity: The Unfinished March Toward a Decent Minimum Wage
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The Teaching Penalty: An update through 2010
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The state of working America’s wealth, 2011: Through volatility and turmoil, the gap widens
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Does ‘right-to-work’ create jobs? Answers from Oklahoma
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What’s wrong with ‘right-to-work’: Chamber’s numbers don’t add up
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Waiting for Change: The $2.13 Federal Subminimum Wage
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The teaching penalty—We can’t recruit and retain excellent educators on the cheap
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The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground
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Workers returned to the labor market as employment opportunities expanded
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Dow’s all-time high inconsequential for most Americans
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The Gender Pay Gap is the Smallest on Record — Not Necessarily Good News
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The State of Working America 2006/2007
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Wealth inequality is vast and growing