States are sitting on American Rescue Plan funds that could help against the Omicron variant
The Omicron variant of COVID is surging throughout the world, including in the United States, which is still being hit…
An economic recovery for whom?: Black women’s employment gaps show important differences in recovery rates
Public discussions about the U.S. economic recovery fail to adequately portray the vastly uneven recovery that has been occurring since…
EPI’s top charts of 2021
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic exposed a range of stark inequalities in American society. Besides highlighting these inequalities,…
OSHA vaccine-or-test mandate is smart public policy
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for employers to cope with the…
Top five EPI blog posts of 2021
In 2021, many readers were looking to make sense of worries around potential labor shortages, despite little evidence that shortages…
Top EPI reports of 2021 focused on economic injustice and its remedies
As the nation pivoted to recovery, readers sought information on ways to remedy the economic injustices laid bare by the…
Wage inequality continued to increase in 2020: Top 1.0% of earners see wages up 179% since 1979 while share of wages for bottom 90% hits new low
Key numbers: In 2020, annual wages rose fastest for the top 1.0% of earners (up 7.3%) and top 0.1% (up…
Job openings rose and quits fell in Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for October
Below, EPI senior economist Elise Gould offers her initial insights on today’s release of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover…
State attorney general addresses extreme underpayment of immigrant detainees: A snapshot of state and local enforcement actions to protect workers
Series: The New Labor Law Enforcers State attorneys general, district attorneys, and localities like cities are increasingly key players in…
Jobs report tells two different stories of the November labor market
Below, EPI economists offer their initial insights on the November jobs report released this morning. From EPI senior economist, Elise…