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A report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) titled Wage Inequality Continued its 35-year Rise in 2015 shows that real hourly wages in America increased from 2014 to 2015 by 2.1% only because of a sharp decline in inflation. Nominal wages have not increased and wage inequality continues to grow…
A brief by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) titled It Pays to Work: Work Incentives and the Safety Net refutes critics’ claims that safety net programs discourage work. The majority of adults in poverty have greater economic incentives to become employed, work more hours, or accept…
A report by David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute, titled Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do, finds that raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would reduce public assistance expenditures by $17 billion…
Revived and Discouraged: Evaluating Employment Barriers for Section 3 Residents With Criminal Records by Rebecca J. Walter, Michael Caudy, and James V. Ray explores the challenges Section 3-eligible residents with criminal records face when seeking employment. The researchers at the University of…