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Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically disadvantaged groups: Low-wage workers’ wages surged after decades of slow growth
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The State of Working America Podcast
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State of Working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market
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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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State of Working America Wages 2018: Wage inequality marches on—and is even threatening data reliability
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Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically disadvantaged groups: Low-wage workers’ wages surged after decades of slow growth
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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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Top EPI reports of 2021 focused on economic injustice and its remedies
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Low-wage, low-hours workers were hit hardest in the COVID-19 recession: The State of Working America 2020 employment report
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Wages grew in 2020 because the bottom fell out of the low-wage labor market: The State of Working America 2020 wages report
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Household income gains welcome in 2019 Census data, but may not be as strong as they first appear
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Income gains from 2019 Census report illustrate the importance of getting closer to full employment during the recovery
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Low-wage workers saw the biggest wage growth in states that increased their minimum wage between 2018 and 2019
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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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Yes, David Brooks, there really is a class war
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Decades of rising economic inequality in the U.S.: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee
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Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further
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State of Working America Wages 2018: Wage inequality marches on—and is even threatening data reliability
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The State of American Wages 2017: Wages have finally recovered from the blow of the Great Recession but are still growing too slowly and unequally
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Employers would pocket $5.8 billion of workers’ tips under Trump administration’s proposed ‘tip stealing’ rule
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State of Working America Data Library adds new data on wages, benefits, and compensation
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Don’t Blame the Poor for the Faults of Our Economy
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No Matter How We Measure Poverty, the Poverty Rate Would Be Much Lower If Economic Growth Were More Broadly Shared
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Rigorous Research is Needed to Eventually Inform Better Economic Policy, Regardless of Political Realities
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If you’re writing about the ‘fiscal cliff,’ you need to read The State of Working America
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U.S. poverty rates higher, safety net weaker than in peer countries
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It’s executives and the finance sector causing surging 1% income growth
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CEOs made 231 times more than workers did in 2011
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Today’s young workers starting out at lower wages
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Huge disparity in share of total wealth gain since 1983
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Welcome momentum in the labor market—but we need more
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The Great Recession exacerbated existing wealth disparities in U.S.
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The state of working America’s wealth, 2011: Through volatility and turmoil, the gap widens
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Minnesota public-sector workers are undercompensated compared to private-sector counterparts
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Economic Policy Institute publishes State of Working America