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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
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Class of 2023: Young workers have experienced strong wage growth since 2020
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Class of 2023: Young adults are graduating into a strong labor market
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Don’t let businesses off the hook: The government’s role in creating segregation does not exonerate the private sector
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EPI’s comments on initial proposals for updating race and ethnicity statistical standards
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Gender wage gap widens even as low-wage workers see strong gains: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average
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Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle: Policy investments translate into better opportunities for the lowest-paid workers
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Two years later, American Rescue Plan funds are still a transformative resource: State and local governments—particularly in the South—should invest unspent funds in workers, families, and communities
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Five principles for making state and local reparations plans reparative
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The Supreme Court is poised to strike down affirmative action and student loan forgiveness: These decisions would threaten college enrollment and completion for students of color
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EPI comments the OFCCP’s request for reauthorization of its compliance review scheduling letter
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The economics of abortion bans: Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
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Detailing the new methodology behind EPI’s quarterly state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity series
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The pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing national shortage of teachers
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Domestic Workers Chartbook 2022: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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EPI comment regarding OSTP Request for Information on equitable data engagement and accountability
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Child Tax Credit expansions were instrumental in reducing poverty rates to historic lows in 2021
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Abortion bans prove yet again there is no race-neutral policy
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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 growing housing supply shortage has created a housing affordability crisis
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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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Understanding economic disparities within the AAPI community
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All states must set higher wage benchmarks for home health care workers
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Following Dr. Lisa Cook’s historic confirmation to the Federal Reserve Board, we must acknowledge the importance of Black economists for public policy and the economy
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State of Working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market
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Building back better means raising wages for public-sector workers
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Unions can reduce the public-sector pay gap: Collective bargaining rights and local government workers
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Botched policy responses to globalization have decimated manufacturing employment with often overlooked costs for Black, Brown, and other workers of color: Investing in infrastructure and rebalancing trade can create good jobs for all
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Latest data release on unionization is a wake-up call to lawmakers: We must fix our broken system of labor law
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The costs of racial and ethnic labor market discrimination and solutions that can contribute to closing employment and wage gaps: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth