Top five Valentine’s Day gifts ideas for U.S. workers: Nothing spells ‘romance’ like a fair wage and quality jobs

February 14, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz, Eve Tahmincioglu, and Kayla Blado Blog

AAPI women face a double pay penalty for race and gender

February 10, 2020 By Valerie Wilson, John Carlo Mandapat, and Nick Kauzlarich Blog

Declining trade balances disguise continued growth in the non-oil trade deficit

February 6, 2020 By Robert E. Scott Blog

What to watch on jobs day: Large downward revisions in employment expected

February 6, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog

Trump’s ‘blue-collar boom’ is likely a dud

February 4, 2020 By Robert E. Scott Blog

As investment continues to decline, the Trump tax cuts remain nothing but a handout to the rich

February 4, 2020 By Hunter Blair Blog

The state of the union for black workers: Myths and facts

February 4, 2020 By EPI Blog

Primer—The state of the union for working people

February 3, 2020 Blog

The signal the unemployment rate provides can change a lot over time: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter

January 31, 2020 By Josh Bivens Blog

On EITC Awareness Day, remember that the EITC and minimum wage work together to raise incomes

January 31, 2020 By Ben Zipperer Blog

Wilbur Ross’s comments and Trump administration trade policies offer few answers for growing, job-destroying China trade deficit

January 30, 2020 By Robert E. Scott Blog

Weakened labor movement leads to rising economic inequality

January 27, 2020 By Heidi Shierholz Blog

The Trump administration’s new housing rules will worsen segregation

January 24, 2020 By Richard Rothstein Blog

Yes, David Brooks, there really is a class war

January 17, 2020 By Josh Bivens Blog

This MLK Day, remember Emmett Till and voter suppression

January 16, 2020 By Jhacova Williams Blog

China trade deal will not restore 3.7 million U.S. jobs lost since China entered the WTO in 2001

January 13, 2020 By Robert E. Scott Blog

The labor market continues to improve in 2019 as women surpass men in payroll employment, but wage growth slows

January 10, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog

What to watch on jobs day: An assessment of the 2019 labor market

January 9, 2020 By Elise Gould Blog

College athletes and Ph.D. students both work for the university, but only one earns a salary

January 8, 2020 By Jhacova Williams Blog

Nearly 7 million workers will start the new year with higher wages

December 18, 2019 By David Cooper Blog

Top 1.0% of earners see wages up 157.8% since 1979

December 18, 2019 By Lawrence Mishel and Melat Kassa Blog

Three Republican-appointed white men are now deciding whether you have rights on the job

December 17, 2019 By Lynn Rhinehart and Celine McNicholas Blog

On its second anniversary, the TCJA has cut taxes for corporations, but nothing has trickled down

December 17, 2019 By Hunter Blair Blog

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act allows employers to hire migrant farmworkers with H-2A temporary visas for year-round jobs: Impacts are unknown and other wage-setting formulas should be considered

December 11, 2019 By Daniel Costa Blog

Looking for evidence of wage-led productivity growth: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter

December 10, 2019 By Josh Bivens Blog

House vote imminent on the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act—which would lower wages for migrant farmworkers: Hearings and assessments of impacts still needed

December 10, 2019 By Daniel Costa Blog

What to watch on jobs day: Concerning slowdown in job growth and weakening wage growth

December 5, 2019 By Elise Gould Blog

OECD highlights temporary labor migration: Almost as many guestworkers as permanent immigrants

December 4, 2019 By Daniel Costa and Philip Martin Blog

Workers will lose more than $700 million annually under proposed DOL rule

November 30, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz and David Cooper Blog

Analyses claiming that taxes on millionaires and billionaires will slow economic growth are fundamentally flawed

November 21, 2019 By Josh Bivens Blog

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