Does government debt increase after global recessions?
By M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, Naotaka Sugawara Global government debt surged to nearly 100 percent of GDP…
Can COVID-19’s supply chain disruptions help Western Balkan competitiveness?
By Yan Liu, Zenia Ann Rogatschnig, Harald Jedlicka, Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Richard Record Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, supply…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…