View Comments CEPR compiles recent research to illustrate the state of labor in the United States. Center for American Progress In light of strong GDP growth projections, Madowitz and Hanlon explore how such gains fail…
Stopping the Revolving Door in DC
Details Written by Dawn Niederhauser Published: 08 August 2018 You may be familiar with CEPR’s economic research. But did you know that there is a program at CEPR that works to ensure that political appointees…
Social Security as a Share of Retirement Income
For millions of retirees, Social Security is more than just a part of their retirement income ― in many cases it is the vast majority of their retirement income. Social Security benefits account for half…
What Happened to Black Unemployment as Unemployment Declined…
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…
New Trump Proposal to Restrict Legal Immigration Even…
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,…
Manufacturing Employment Falls in August
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…
Labor Market Policy Research Reports, September 7, 2018
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…
No Real Gains in Living Standards for Young…
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…
Core Inflation Slows to 0.1 Percent in August
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…
They Should Have Listened
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:…