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Married … without Means: Poverty and Economic Hardship Among Married Americans

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

Most parents with below-poverty incomes who are raising minor children are married. The failure of many policy elites to recognize the extent of marital poverty covers up the profound economic struggles of millions of married parents. This paper concludes that to reduce marital poverty and...

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The Problem with Structural Unemployment in the U.S.

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

Following the most recent recession, an attempt has been made to explain current levels of unemployment as resulting from structural unemployment, or a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the types of jobs available. The evidence, however, indicates that the issue is actually a...

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A College Degree is No Guarantee

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

The Great Recession has been hard on recent college graduates, but it has been even harder for black recent college graduates. This report examines the labor-market outcomes of black recent college graduates using the general approach developed by Federal Reserve Bank of New York researchers...

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Decreasing Inequality Under Latin America’s “Social Democratic” and “Populist” Governments: Is the Difference Real?

Montecino, Juan A. - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

-called “left-populist” governments, have failed to effectively reduce inequality in the 2000s and have only benefitted from high …

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Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality … most of the benefits of rising inequality were concentrated much further up the income ladder. In contrast to the OECD …

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The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age

Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …

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Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More?

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

On January 1, the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the Social Security tax – a.k.a. the payroll tax cap – increased to $113,700. Every year, this cap is adjusted to keep up with inflation. Many Americans are not aware that income above the cap is not taxed by Social Security. In...

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Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

The employment effect of the minimum wage is one of the most studied topics in all of economics. This report examines the most recent wave of this research – roughly since 2000 – to determine the best current estimates of the impact of increases in the minimum wage on the employment...

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The Human Capital Dimensions of Sustainable Investment: What Investment Analysts Need to Know

Kochan, Thomas; Appelbaum, Eileen; Leana, Carrie; … - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

This paper identifies a number of questions that need to be answered if the growing interest in building investment portfolios of firms that follow socially and environmentally sustainable practices is to be successful in transforming the financial institutions and analysts from a liability to...

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Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Since the end of the 1970s, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in economic inequality. While the United … circumstances but is the direct result of a set of policies designed first and foremost to increase inequality. …

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