In 2015, CEPR modeled what would happen to unemployment rates for black workers if unemployment fell further. The model found that, if overall unemployment and unemployment for whites specifically, declined more, black workers would disproportionately…

Details Written by Shawn Fremstad Published: 23 August 2018 NPR reports that the “Trump administration is considering penalizing legal immigrants for using government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps…” NPR’s story is very good,…

Details Written by Dean Baker Published: 07 September 2018 After increasing for 12 consecutive months, manufacturing employment fell by 3,000 in August. The decline was all in manufacturing of durables, which lost 4,000 jobs. Employment…

Details Written by Matt Harmon Published: 07 September 2018 Often times, low-income Americans struggle to improve their skills because of a lack of affordable, quality child care. In this report, Adams provides insights into how…

Details Written by Shawn Fremstad Published: 12 September 2018 Today’s report from Census on income, poverty, and health insurance in 2017 holds little good news for young people. Overall median household income increased modestly (1.8…

Details Written by Dean Baker Published: 13 September 2018 The core inflation rate slowed to 0.1 percent in August, its lowest rate since April. This brought the year-over-year inflation rate in the core index to…

Details Written by Dawn Niederhauser Published: 14 September 2018 We wanted to be sure that you saw the latest paper by CEPR Co-Founder and Senior Economist Dean Baker, "The Housing Bubble and the Great Recession:…

Gig economy workers are workers who are connected to customers through an online platform or other electronic media. They include drivers transporting people or goods as well as those performing a range of tasks from…