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On 10/30/16, Economic Policy Institute <newsletter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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** Gender pay gap calculator
(http://www.epi.org/multimedia/gender-pay-gap-calculator/?vhp_flush_all=1&_wpnonce=c84c826585&mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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EPI’s new interactive gender pay gap calculator
(http://www.epi.org/paygapcalc?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) calculates
how much you could be earning—when accounting for age, gender, and
education. Users of the calculator will see that the typical woman earns 83
cents for every dollar earned by her male counterpart and growing inequality
affects nearly everyone who works. The calculator shows that if the gender
wage gap had closed and the economy’s gains were more broadly shared,
women’s median hourly wages could be 69 percent higher today. EPI has
proposed solutions
(http://www.epi.org/blog/a-womens-economic-agenda-for-the-45th-u-s-president-investing-in-the-infrastructure-to-support-a-21st-century-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
to closing both the gender wage gap and eliminating inequality, such as
allowing workers to organize, increasing wage transparency, and expanding
paid family leave.
WAGES
** Black workers’ median hourly wages could be 87 percent higher
(http://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-wages-have-been-harmed-by-both-widening-racial-wage-gaps-and-the-widening-productivity-pay-gap/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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In a new report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-wages-have-been-harmed-by-both-widening-racial-wage-gaps-and-the-widening-productivity-pay-gap/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
, EPI’s Valerie Wilson explains that the economic inequality experienced by
African American workers is due to both a racial wage gap and the failure of
all workers’ wages to keep up with productivity. Wilson shows that by
addressing both class and racial inequality, African American workers’
median hourly wages would be 87 percent higher.
LABOR
** White House calls for action on non-compete clauses
(http://www.epi.org/blog/white-house-issues-call-to-action-on-non-compete-clauses/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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The White House issued a call-to-action for states to reform non-compete
clauses, which hinder labor mobility for approximately 30 million—nearly one
in five—workers in the United States. EPI’s Ross Eisenbrey explains
(http://www.epi.org/blog/white-house-issues-call-to-action-on-non-compete-clauses/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
why this is a good first step and why efforts to improve labor mobility
should continue into the next administration.
EVENTS
** Paying for progress: A tax reform agenda for the next president
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paying-for-progress-a-tax-reform-agenda-for-the-next-president-tickets-28458138057?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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On November 17^th, The Century Foundation and EPI will host a discussion on
how the next administration could implement comprehensive tax reform and
progressive fiscal policies. Speakers include leading experts and
policymakers such as: Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Sander Levin
(D-Mich.) and EPI’s Josh Bivens. Join us November 17th.
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paying-for-progress-a-tax-reform-agenda-for-the-next-president-tickets-28458138057?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
IN THE NEWS
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/10/20/black-workers-see-fastest-wage-growth-in-more-than-15-years/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
The Wall Street Journal
(http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/10/20/black-workers-see-fastest-wage-growth-in-more-than-15-years/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
quoted EPI’s Valerie Wilson on the implications of the recent African
American wage gains on federal interest rates. “The Fed should perhaps hold
off on an interest rate increase because the groups that benefit most late
in a recovery are just now starting to see those gains materialize.” |
"Black Workers See Fastest Wage Growth in More Than 15 Years" »
(http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/10/20/black-workers-see-fastest-wage-growth-in-more-than-15-years/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/job-creation-full-employment/505004/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
Atlantic
(http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/job-creation-full-employment/505004/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
cited EPI research
(http://www.epi.org/publication/why-is-recovery-taking-so-long-and-who-is-to-blame/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
in a story about the path to full employment noting that employment recovery
from the Great Recession took a lengthy 51 months to reach its pre-recession
peak. | "The Slow Slog Toward ‘Full’ Employment" »
(http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/job-creation-full-employment/505004/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/women-in-unions-are-closer-to-equal-pay.html?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
New York Magazine
(http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/women-in-unions-are-closer-to-equal-pay.html?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
covered EPI’s recent report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/womens-work-and-the-gender-pay-gap-how-discrimination-societal-norms-and-other-forces-affect-womens-occupational-choices-and-their-pay/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
on the gender pay gap, noting that women in unions are paid 89 cents for
every dollar paid to unionized men while nonunionized women are paid 82
cents for every dollar paid to nonunionized men. | "Women in Unions Are
Closer to Equal Pay Than Women Who Aren’t" »
(http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/women-in-unions-are-closer-to-equal-pay.html?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-wage-gap-is-real-and-its-costing-women-500000?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
Broadly
(https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-wage-gap-is-real-and-its-costing-women-500000?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
also covered EPI’s report
(http://www.epi.org/publication/womens-work-and-the-gender-pay-gap-how-discrimination-societal-norms-and-other-forces-affect-womens-occupational-choices-and-their-pay/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
on the gender pay gap, writing, “Black women and Hispanic women make 65.3
percent and 57.6 percent of white men's wages, respectively.” | "The Wage
Gap Is Real, and It’s Costing Women $500,000" »
(https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-wage-gap-is-real-and-its-costing-women-500000?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/302271-trumps-growth-projections-leave-economists-in-disbelief?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID]
EPI’s Josh Bivens was quoted in an article in the Hill
(http://thehill.com/policy/finance/302271-trumps-growth-projections-leave-economists-in-disbelief?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
explaining that Donald Trump’s economic policies, especially the way he
talks about growth projections are “not economically literate.” | "Trump’s
growth projections leave economists in disbelief" »
(http://thehill.com/policy/finance/302271-trumps-growth-projections-leave-economists-in-disbelief?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
From the EPI Blog
Lawrence Mishel and Teresa Kroeger
(http://www.epi.org/blog/strong-across-the-board-wage-growth-in-2015-for-both-bottom-90-percent-and-top-1-0-percent/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Strong across-the-board wage growth in 2015 for both bottom 90 percent and
top 1.0 percent
(http://www.epi.org/blog/strong-across-the-board-wage-growth-in-2015-for-both-bottom-90-percent-and-top-1-0-percent/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair
(http://www.epi.org/blog/oregon-measure-97-would-provide-short-and-long-run-boost-to-oregon-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Oregon Measure 97 would provide short and long-run boost to Oregon economy
(http://www.epi.org/blog/oregon-measure-97-would-provide-short-and-long-run-boost-to-oregon-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/a-womens-economic-agenda-for-the-45th-u-s-president-investing-in-the-infrastructure-to-support-a-21st-century-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
A women’s economic agenda for the 45th U.S. president: Investing in the
infrastructure to support a 21st century economy
(http://www.epi.org/blog/a-womens-economic-agenda-for-the-45th-u-s-president-investing-in-the-infrastructure-to-support-a-21st-century-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/white-house-issues-call-to-action-on-non-compete-clauses/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
White House issues call to action on non-compete clauses
(http://www.epi.org/blog/white-house-issues-call-to-action-on-non-compete-clauses/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Caroline Fredrickson
(http://www.epi.org/blog/buried-in-the-fine-print-forced-arbitration/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Buried in the fine print: Forced arbitration
(http://www.epi.org/blog/buried-in-the-fine-print-forced-arbitration/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Ross Eisenbrey
(http://www.epi.org/blog/lawsuit-filed-to-block-fair-pay-and-safe-workplaces-executive-order/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Lawsuit filed to block Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order
(http://www.epi.org/blog/lawsuit-filed-to-block-fair-pay-and-safe-workplaces-executive-order/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Richard Rothstein
(http://www.epi.org/blog/race-tax-harms-african-americans/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Race tax harms African Americans
(http://www.epi.org/blog/race-tax-harms-african-americans/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Elise Gould
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-the-teacher-gap-and-how-low-unemployment-masks-continued-weakness-in-the-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
What to Watch on Jobs Day: The teacher gap, and how today’s unemployment
masks continued weakness in the economy
(http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-the-teacher-gap-and-how-low-unemployment-masks-continued-weakness-in-the-economy/?mc_cid=11e67b3cc4&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
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