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America’s slow-motion wage crisis: Four decades of slow and unequal growth
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The new gilded age: Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county
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The likely economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Higher incomes for the top, no discernible effect on wage growth for typical American workers
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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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What to watch for in the 2018 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty
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News from EPI › U.S. job growth weaker in 2019
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Wage growth is key to a sustainable recovery
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How well is the American economy working for working people?: EPI researchers reflect on the state of labor in the United States
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Wage growth is weak for a tight labor market—and the pace of wage growth is uneven across race and gender
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CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978: Typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time
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California depends on early educators: Yet they experience poverty at nearly twice the rate of other workers
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Breaking the silence on early child care and education costs: A values-based budget for children, parents, and teachers in California
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The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act provides public-sector workers the right to join in union and collectively bargain
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Worker bonuses slump 22 percent after GOP tax cuts
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Focus on the boom, not the slump—The Fed’s new policy framework needs to stop cutting recoveries short: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter
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EPI comments regarding the ‘regular rate’ under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Continued strength or more labor market hiccups?
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Reining in CEO compensation and curbing the rise of inequality
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EPI comments regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule
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Class of 2019: College edition
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News from EPI › Solid job growth in April, but don’t be fooled by the historically low unemployment rate—it fell as would-be workers left the labor force
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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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News from EPI › The PHASE-in $15 Act would lock in low wages for millions of workers
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News from EPI › Jobs rebound after volatile start to 2019
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Equal Pay Day is a reminder that you can’t mansplain away the gender pay gap
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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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Higher returns on education can’t explain growing wage inequality
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News from EPI › Job growth stalls in February—but don’t freak out
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Raising the Connecticut minimum wage to $15 by 2022 would be good for workers, businesses, and the Connecticut economy: Testimony in support of H.B. 5004 and S.B. 2 before the Labor and Public Employees Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Stronger wage growth as prime-age labor force participation continues to climb
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Narrowing the white-collar exemption to minimum wage and overtime for low-wage workers in Maryland is a critical protection for hundreds of thousands of Maryland workers: Testimony of David Cooper before the Maryland House of Delegates Economic Matters Committee in support of HB 1040
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Wage growth for low-wage workers has been strongest in states with minimum wage increases
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Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: An assessment of the 2018 labor market, 11 years since the start of the Great Recession