EPI: Unions help narrow the gender wage gap
Tuesday, April 4th is Equal Pay Day— the day that marks when a typical woman’s earnings catch up to what a man earned in the
EPI: Low-wage African American workers have increased annual work hours most since 1979
by Valerie Wilson & Janelle Jones Over the last several decades, black workers have been offering more to the econo
EPI: 13 charts that show difference between US economy we have now and what it could be
The election of Donald Trump alerted many to what should have been obvious long ago: the U.S. economy has failed to deliv
EPI: A Social Democratic Public Investment Agenda for the USA
By Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair A welcome theme in the 2016 presidential election was a commitment to increasing public
EPI: Union decline lowers wages of nonunion US workers
Executive summary: Pay for private-sector workers has barely budged over the past three and a half decades. In fact, fo
EPI Report: Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county
By Estelle Sommeiller, Mark Price, and Ellis Wazeter Income inequality has risen in every state since the 1970s and in m
Lawrence Mishel on Raising America’s Pay
Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, delivered the following testimony before the Democra