What to watch for the in the 2016 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty
Next Tuesday will see the Census Bureau’s annual release of data on earnings, income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for 2016, which will give us a better picture of how working families...
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Two officials with a history of anti-worker behavior nominated to be worker advocates Late last week, President Trump announced his nominees to several key positions at the Department of Labor (DOL)....
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2016
Jump to statistics on: • Earnings • Incomes • Poverty • Policy / SPM This fact sheet provides key numbers from today’s new Census reports, Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016 and The...
View ArticleIncome growth in 2016 is strong, but not as strong as 2015 and more uneven
Today’s report from the Census Bureau shows strong across-the-board improvements to household incomes in 2016. Household incomes rose 3.2 percent, after an impressive 5.2 percent gain in 2015;...
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New census data show strong 2016 earnings growth across-the-board, with black...
Today’s Census Bureau report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2016 shows that median household incomes for all race and ethnic groups increased between 2015 and 2016. Encouragingly,...
View ArticlePoverty declined modestly in 2016; government programs continued to keep tens...
From 2015 to 2016, the official poverty rate fell by 0.8 percentage points, as household income rose modestly, albeit unevenly, throughout the income distribution. This was the second year in a row...
View ArticleIncomes continued to rise in 2016 in four out of five states
State income data from the American Community Survey (ACS), released today by the Census Bureau, showed that from 2015 to 2016, median household income rose moderately across the country, with all but...
View ArticlePoverty declines in most states in 2016
The American Community Survey (ACS) data released today shows that the decline in the national poverty rate was felt in nearly every state. The poverty rate decreased in 43 states and remained...
View ArticleMost families are nearly back to 2007 income levels, but inequality continues...
In recent decades, the vast majority of Americans have experienced disappointing growth in their living standards—despite economic growth that could have easily generated faster gains in their living...
View ArticleLittle to no gain in median annual earnings in the 2000s, while significant...
This week, the Census Bureau released its report on incomes, earnings, and poverty rates for 2016. Most analysis paid particular attention to the changes between 2015 and 2016. We wanted to take a...
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2016 ACS shows stubbornly high Native American poverty and different degrees...
Thursday’s release of 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data allows us to fill in the blanks for race and ethnic groups that were not covered in Tuesday’s Census Bureau report on income, poverty,...
View ArticleAn evidence-based Fed would hold rates steady in September
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets today and tomorrow to determine whether or not to raise interest rates. The FOMC has raised rates three times since December 2016. The evidence arguing...
View ArticleGraham-Cassidy: Maybe the worst Republican health proposal yet
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View ArticleSupreme Court should uphold working people’s fundamental rights in Murphy Oil
Today, EPI released a new paper by Cornell professor Alexander J.S. Colvin, which shows that more than half of all private sector non-union workers are currently subject to mandatory arbitration...
View ArticleA leopard can’t change its spots: Newest Republican tax framework is what we...
The framework of the Republican tax plan was released today. In recent months, architects of the plan repeatedly promised that they had no “intention” to release a tax plan that disproportionately cut...
View ArticleFixing education inequalities will require fixing broader societal inequities
Every serious education research study concludes with a series of recommendations for further research and implications for education policy. Our recent paper comparing skills gaps among kindergartners...
View ArticleJanus is the latest attack on workers’ rights to organize and bargain...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case that could profoundly affect the ability of public-sector workers to improve their wages and working conditions. The...
View ArticleWhat to watch out for in Trump’s speech on regulation later this morning
President Trump is scheduled to give a speech later this morning about his administration’s regulatory agenda. Given the administration’s statements and actions since Trump took office in January—one...
View ArticleWhat to Watch on Jobs Day: The teacher gap, the hurricanes, and how we know...
Tomorrow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release September’s numbers on the state of the labor market. As usual, I’ll be paying close attention to the prime-age employment-to-population ratio...
View ArticleNominating Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair would be the latest way Trump reneged on...
A consistent drumbeat in Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency was a promise that he would stand up for the American working class against financial elites who had rigged policy to enrich...
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